Pregnant‚ and Forced to Stay on Life Support A Texas woman is now brain-dead after collapsing on her kitchen floor in November from what appeared to be a blood clot in her lungs. She was found by her husband and taking to the John Peter Smith Hospital. Marlise Munoz was also 14 weeks pregnant. At the hospital she was in Intensive care unit where she remains connected to live-support. Her husband and parents planed to take her off life support. In November as they plan to say
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The patients will present without previously informing their families about the kind of end-of-life care they want. This is where the case becomes an ethical issue‚ when the patient’s autonomy and ability to make their own decisions is compromised. With the differing opinions between family members‚ it further complicates the ethical issue. Dr. Malesker described situations where patients approaching end-of-life care cannot make decisions regarding their treatment. This is due to the cognitive dysfunction
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Kavan Marambe 927118167 Physical Science Summer 13’ Why Does Earth Support Life? Research Paper Introduction Earth is where all of us live in. Earth is the 3rd Planet from the sun‚ as well as the 5th largest planet in our solar system. As far as humans know Earth is unique in the Solar System as being the only planet which is able to support life in all its forms: from basic micro-organisms to highly sophisticated human beings. There are many reasons why this happens. In this Research paper
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A judge is mulling over whether an elderly Christian man’s life support treatment should continue or not after his daughter said he is showing signs of improvement despite doctors’ fears that he will only live for months and the treatment may be causing him pain. In June last year‚ a retired steelworker in his 80s collapsed due to a heart attack and has been minimally conscious since. Medical experts say the man‚ whose name cannot be disclosed as per the judge’s order‚ suffered “catastrophic” brain
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Unit 4222-320 Support individuals to live at home Outcome 1 Understand the principles of supporting individuals to live at home 1. describe how being supported to live at home can benefit an individual when we have to support an individuals to live at home though in house supported living by mencap‚ this can benefit individual service users because support can helps promote and encouraging them to be more independence. The service users gain a greater sense of normality‚ they will
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Uranus are vastly different from the ones on Earth‚ as Uranus cannot support any form of life. There is much to Uranus that makes the planet impossible for us to live on. Things such as temperature‚ the atmosphere‚ the distance from the sun‚ and the atmosphere’s toxic gases. Overall‚ there are many variables that make Uranus a planet that cannot sustain life. The atmosphere of Uranus has gases that make the planet impossible for life to live on. Since the atmosphere is composed of hydrogen‚ helium‚
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efforts of the medical staff‚ it is confirmed that your partner will never regain consciousness. She is legally declared ‘brain-dead’. She is 14 weeks pregnant‚ making your choice about life support all the more difficult. Ultimately‚ taking into account previous discussions with your partner‚ you decide to suspend life-sustaining treatment‚ which is your right as next of kin. But the Government tells you that you are no longer entitled the right to decide what’s best for your wife and unborn
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breathe on her own. The team works tirelessly to keep her alive. The doctor decides to put the newborn on life support and now a new question arises. Should life support be withdrawn or should the extensive measures still be carried out? There are two different contexts that should be considered when dealing with
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UNIT 342 – SUPPORT POSITIVE RISK TAKING FOR INDIVIDUALS. We all take risks every day as part of normal lives‚ we drive cars‚ cross roads and participate in activities which could cause harm. It is impossible to eliminate risk completely‚ but perceiving where it may be possible and using preventative measures to protect from harm is a factor. Risk taking is usually thought of as a means of danger. Although there may be negative elements‚ it can have positive benefits for the service user in terms
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Read and submit a review the “End-to-End Argument in System Design” paper [1]. In our your submission you need to briefly summarize the main idea(s) and contribution(s) of the paper. In particular‚ your review needs to address the following: 1. Discuss the three most important things the paper advocates‚ 2. Discuss the most glaring problem(s) with the paper‚ and 3. The paper was written with the design of the original Internet in mind. Discuss what impact‚ if any‚ may the argument presented
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