Right To Die Case Study
Right to Die
Kazaray Rieckhoff
Rasmussen College
Author Note This paper is being submitted on September 18, 2014, for Ann Never’s M230/HSC2641 Section 08 Medical Law and Ethics course.
Right to Die For this week’s written assignment we are to go over the Nancy Cruzan case and to go through the seven-step decision model to determine where or not the decision made was ethical. This model is designed to look at the facts of each case and to decide if ethical decisions are being made before actually deciding upon a decision. Some decisions require little to no questions to be considered before acting upon them however, there are some decisions that do have a vast amount of questions that need to be considered before making …show more content…
Two of Nancy’s co-workers had come forward to release that Nancy did in fact state that she would not like to live like Karen Quinlan if the particular situation were to arise. So in this case it is fair to Nancy that her wishes on her treatment if left in a vegetative state be sought out. It is also fair to her parents, not only being granted guardianship, but as family who also wished for her to be taken off nutrition support as they just watched their daughter lay and suffer. In perspective, I believe this case to be moral because Nancy was left lifeless. The only means of life left in her was the oxygen she was breathing and her heart beat, there was no person left in her. Nancy’s individual rights include her statement in regards to succumbing to a vegetative …show more content…
With this case, the co-workers had the integrity to release the wishes of Nancy and to ensure that her quality of life be considered. Also, to respect their statement and Nancy’s parent’s wishes as well. In this case, it was not stated there would be any profitable settlements, such as any life-insurance claims. However, the decision does profit the family by a means of relief that their daughter would no longer be suffering. In step four we are to consider alternatives to the decision being made. The only means of an alternative decision would to leave Nancy in her vegetative state and keep her on her nutritional support instead of removing her feeding tube. If this were to be the decision, Nancy would be unresponsive for the rest of her life but hope would remain that someday she would regain consciousness. However, if doctors were to run tests and determine there is irreversible damage and that it is proven she would not regain consciousness, then that would be something to really
Kazaray Rieckhoff
Rasmussen College
Author Note This paper is being submitted on September 18, 2014, for Ann Never’s M230/HSC2641 Section 08 Medical Law and Ethics course.
Right to Die For this week’s written assignment we are to go over the Nancy Cruzan case and to go through the seven-step decision model to determine where or not the decision made was ethical. This model is designed to look at the facts of each case and to decide if ethical decisions are being made before actually deciding upon a decision. Some decisions require little to no questions to be considered before acting upon them however, there are some decisions that do have a vast amount of questions that need to be considered before making …show more content…
Two of Nancy’s co-workers had come forward to release that Nancy did in fact state that she would not like to live like Karen Quinlan if the particular situation were to arise. So in this case it is fair to Nancy that her wishes on her treatment if left in a vegetative state be sought out. It is also fair to her parents, not only being granted guardianship, but as family who also wished for her to be taken off nutrition support as they just watched their daughter lay and suffer. In perspective, I believe this case to be moral because Nancy was left lifeless. The only means of life left in her was the oxygen she was breathing and her heart beat, there was no person left in her. Nancy’s individual rights include her statement in regards to succumbing to a vegetative …show more content…
With this case, the co-workers had the integrity to release the wishes of Nancy and to ensure that her quality of life be considered. Also, to respect their statement and Nancy’s parent’s wishes as well. In this case, it was not stated there would be any profitable settlements, such as any life-insurance claims. However, the decision does profit the family by a means of relief that their daughter would no longer be suffering. In step four we are to consider alternatives to the decision being made. The only means of an alternative decision would to leave Nancy in her vegetative state and keep her on her nutritional support instead of removing her feeding tube. If this were to be the decision, Nancy would be unresponsive for the rest of her life but hope would remain that someday she would regain consciousness. However, if doctors were to run tests and determine there is irreversible damage and that it is proven she would not regain consciousness, then that would be something to really