Green Methods of Final Disposition RN 404: Holistic End of Life Care Casey Lebens It would be easy to imagine that the American way of death is an environmentally friendly business -- but nothing could be further form the truth. From casket manufacturing to funeral embalming‚ cemetery maintenance to flower disposal‚ the entire process is saturated with dangerous chemicals and heavily reliant on fuel-guzzling transportation (Watson‚ 2013). In this paper‚ I will discuss the topic of green burials
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In this essay I will discuss Utilitarianism by first explaining how Utilitarians are consequentialists who base their actions on the pleasure of pain of their consequences. Secondly‚ Jeremy Bentham will be discussed as the propagator of the Principle of Utility which determines human self-interest and voluntary action to achieve the greatest good or greatest pleasure. Thirdly‚ I will discuss John Stuart Mills and his more complex version of Utilitarianism. To clarify the Utilitarian theory I will
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End of life conversations are very important when it comes to an individual’s heath care and medical decisions. It is crucial to encourage patients and their families to have discussions on end of life care prior to any illness or medical crisis (Excelsior College‚ 2014). Having this type of conversation with patients and families prior to any illness or medical crisis can ensure that the patient’s medical wishes are known. Advanced directives are the best way to guarantee that a patient’s wishes
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conceptions on human nature and how we as human beings should go about living our lives. They also have strong cores and there purpose is very clear. According to utilitarianism humans have two masters’ pain and happiness‚ only good actions will achieve happiness and will also minimizes pain. In one sentence you can describe utilitarianism as “the greatest good for the greatest amount of people”. While in the other hand the Kantian ethics is what defines us as a person is our rationality and autonomy
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Reflective Account “End of Life” Last year 23 September 2012. I had a resident called “Mrs X” she was a 72year-old widowed living at ---‚ a Nursing Care Home. She’s not a religious type of person as she was Atheist. She has lived in the home for the past two years‚ and during that time I was assigned as her key worker. Mrs X had One Son and 3 grand daughters they are all regular visitors to the home. She has recently been diagnosed with renal failure‚ and her life expectancy is only a couple of
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Euthanasia and End of Life Issues Grand Canyon University: PSY 357 Professor Joseph Keefer Euthanasia and End of Life Issues After being diagnosed with debilitating diseases‚ such as one of the multiple forms of cancer or being in a Persistent Vegetative State‚ (PVS)‚ many consider euthanasia to end the suffering of that individual. Euthanasia is defined as "the act of painlessly ending the lives of individuals who are suffering from an incurable disease or severe disability" (Santrock
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End of life directives are also considered to be part of the care objectives for those who are reaching the end of their journey with the disease. Besides the Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) order that most are familiar with‚ two directives commonly used in America are the Medical Orders for Sustaining Life Treatment‚ commonly referred to as MOLST‚ and Comfort One MOLST refers to medical “…orders based upon the person’s wishes in his/her current medical condition. Any section not completed [by the patient/decision
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End-of-Life Decision: Culmination of Our Life (Draft) “…Most people just want to be able to decide. If they know they have the means to end their life tomorrow‚ they’ll wait until tomorrow and see if things are better” states Judy Schwarz‚ patient support coordinator of Compassion & Choices‚ Inc. (Gross‚ 2009). Many factors in a person’s life determine their perceived notion of exactly when and how their life will end. These aspects of their life place an identifiable definition to their life
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of the biochemical produced a cure causing thousands of lives to be saved‚ then this may make him a good person. The result of this biochemical produced happiness for the masses by saving lives and curing disease. Considering the principle of utilitarianism is pleasure of the masses‚ the result of his actions would now be considered moral due to the amount of happiness that was produced. Although this may be a simple explanation of the scenario‚ other factors must be taken into account‚ such as
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Supporting individual’s at the end of life: Outcome 1: Understand the requirements of legislation and agreed ways of working to protect the rights of individual’s at the end of life. When caring for a patient at the end of life‚ it can be very challenging and it requires consideration towards not only the patient but to the patient’s family too. When reaching end of life care‚ legal requirements are put in place to ensure the wishes of the individual and how they are cared for after death
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