Ethical dilemma
Beth Etter
GAH-220-91
Cris Elstro
Ethical Dilemma
1.) Dilemma: The dilemma that I will be writing about it euthanasia by medical professionals. For many, this may be a difficult issue to talk about. I will be trying to present information and things that should be considered when it comes to facing this dilemma. A lot of hat is said throughout this paper is stated as if all of this was legal in all 50 state in the United States.
2.) Level One: There would be several people involved when it came to euthanasia by medical professionals. First, there would be the patient and the physician. Second, there would be the patient’s family and the physician’s staff or the people that would assist him. Some other people that might be involved could be a grief counselor, pastor or preacher (whatever the appropriate term is for the leader of your church) that would try to console the family afterwards. There might even be someone from the insurance company. You never know if this would be covered or not. This could lead higher up into the insurance company if they are not exactly sure on the stance of this and whether or not it is covered by the insurance. Or even if the diagnosis allowed for this to be covered or not. Some other people that would be involved families that have seen what going through that terminal diagnosis will and can do to the patient. Some other experts that might be involved in this could be a psychologist, the lab that possibly performed the test on the biopsy, or the ultrasound technician that found the tumor, or the radiographic technologist might have discovered the abnormality in the image and passed the findings on to another physician.
3.) Level Two: Case Based Reasoning: Reasoning for deciding to use euthanasia by a medical professional may vary from case to case. Some of the more reasonable and easier to understand the reasoning would be if the patient received a diagnosis that was terminal. This is where you would ask yourself if
GAH-220-91
Cris Elstro
Ethical Dilemma
1.) Dilemma: The dilemma that I will be writing about it euthanasia by medical professionals. For many, this may be a difficult issue to talk about. I will be trying to present information and things that should be considered when it comes to facing this dilemma. A lot of hat is said throughout this paper is stated as if all of this was legal in all 50 state in the United States.
2.) Level One: There would be several people involved when it came to euthanasia by medical professionals. First, there would be the patient and the physician. Second, there would be the patient’s family and the physician’s staff or the people that would assist him. Some other people that might be involved could be a grief counselor, pastor or preacher (whatever the appropriate term is for the leader of your church) that would try to console the family afterwards. There might even be someone from the insurance company. You never know if this would be covered or not. This could lead higher up into the insurance company if they are not exactly sure on the stance of this and whether or not it is covered by the insurance. Or even if the diagnosis allowed for this to be covered or not. Some other people that would be involved families that have seen what going through that terminal diagnosis will and can do to the patient. Some other experts that might be involved in this could be a psychologist, the lab that possibly performed the test on the biopsy, or the ultrasound technician that found the tumor, or the radiographic technologist might have discovered the abnormality in the image and passed the findings on to another physician.
3.) Level Two: Case Based Reasoning: Reasoning for deciding to use euthanasia by a medical professional may vary from case to case. Some of the more reasonable and easier to understand the reasoning would be if the patient received a diagnosis that was terminal. This is where you would ask yourself if