Portfolio Project Paper

   I.            Introduction/Case Summary

a.       Purpose and suggestion

b.      Cultural concerns of the outcomes

  II.            Assessment/Ethical Perspective

a.       Why decision making and ensuring is important (Capozza, 2012)

b.      Legal and ethical perspective (Capozza, 2012)

                                          1.      Prevention of harm

                                          2.      Maximization of benefits (Kleespies, 2015)

3.      Autonomy (Coleman, 2014)

4.       Fidelity (Juth, 2012)

 III.            Legal

a.       Legal decision process (Juth, 2012)

b.       Communication of change towards treatment option availability

(Franklin, 2014)

c. Family member’s legal interest (Heide, Rietjens 2012)

d. Family and religious values (Heide, Rietjens, 2012)

IV.            Regulatory Compliance

a.       Family’s decision making (Wyatt, 2012)

                                             1.      Analysis of consulting trends

                                             2.      Treatment method

b.      The Health Care Consent Act (Pleacher, 2010)

                                               1.      Decision and suggestions

                                               2.      The power of attorney

   V.            Health Reform

a.      Terminally Ill Act (Pleacher, 2010)

b.      Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care (Wyatt, 2012)

 VI.            Recommendations

a.      Plan (Walsh, 2010)

b.      Advance Health Care Directive

c. Personality Profile (Walsh, 2010)

VII.            Action Plan For Prevention

a.      Patient’s notification (Sherr, Starace, 2011)

b.      Power of Attorney and Disagreement

VIII Conclusion

a.      Overall summery of ethical and legal perspective plans

b.      Sustaining ethical diversity in healthcare 

XI References

Capozza, C. M. (2012). Decisions for life-sustaining nutrition support. Topics in Clinical Nutrition, 6(3), 76-81. doi:10.1097/00008486-199106000-00012

Coleman, C. H. (2014). Legal Oversight of End-of-Life Treatment Decisions in United States Law. Self-Determination, Dignity and End-of-Life Care, 4(3), 155-171. doi:10.1163/9789004223585_009

Franklin, C. (2014). Decisions about life support. Critical Care Medicine, 26(1), 8-9. doi:10.1097/00003246-199801000-00006

Heide, A. V., & Rietjens, J. (2012). End-of-life decisions. A Public Health Perspective on End of Life Care, 3(2), 50-59. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199599400.003.0029

Juth, N. (2012). End-of-Life Decisions and the Reinvented Rule of Double Effect: A Critical Analysis. Bioethics, 28(7), 368-377. doi:10.1111/bioe.12001

Kleespies, P. M. (2015). Ethical and legal issues in end-of-life decisions. Life and death decisions: Psychological and ethical considerations in end-of-life care, 2(1), 27-53. doi:10.1037/10661-002

Pleacher, K. (2010). Factors Influencing Decisions to Withdraw Life Support. AAP Grand Rounds, 23(3), 32-32. doi:10.1542/gr.23-3-32

Sherr, L., & Starace, F. (2011). End-of-Life Decisions in Terminal Illness. Aging: Decisions at the End of Life, 9(12), 139-154. doi:10.1007/978-94-015-9682-4_8

Walsh, P. (2010). Life Support Decisions. PsycEXTRA Dataset, 2(5), 112-127. doi:10.1037/e503132006-001

Wyatt, J. (2012). End-of-life decisions, quality of life and the newborn. Acta Paediatrica, 96(6), 790-791. doi:10.1111/j.1651-2227.2007.00349.x