HLT305 (Benchmark Assignment) Applying Decision-Making Models in Health Care

HLT305 (Benchmark Assignment) Applying Decision-Making Models in Health Care

HLT305 (Benchmark Assignment) Applying Decision-Making Models in Health Care

HLT305
Legal and Ethical Principles in Health Care

Week 8 Assignment

(Benchmark Assignment) Applying Decision-Making Models in Health Care

This is a benchmark assignment.

Choose an ethical decision-making model from among the
following three discussed in the lecture and other readings: Nash’s 12
Questions for Moral Choices, Kidder’s Ethical Checkpoints, and Uustal’s Ethical
Decision-Making Model. Apply your chosen model to the following ethical
dilemma:

Your terminally ill patient told you at her last visit that,
since her pain could no longer be completely controlled by any means, and in
her opinion she was just waiting to die, she was going to Holland to
participate in its physician-assisted suicide program.

What would your advice to this patient be? In a 500-750 word
paper, include a letter to your patient offering your insights and recommendations
regarding this decision.

In addition, following your letter, include a subsection in
which you address the following when completing this assignment:

Explain the theory of the chosen ethical decision-making
model as it relates to this scenario. What effect have this and other models
had on medical practice over the years?

Should a doctor be able to end the life of an individual who
is suffering and who has no hope of recovery? Why or why not?

How might a living will be used, or not, to guide an
individual’s end of life decisions?

How does the use of technology complicate the dying process?

Include at least three scholarly, peer-reviewed references
from the GCU Library to support your positions.

Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines
found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An
abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric
prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for
successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite.
Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

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