Determination of Death / Informed Consent

After studying the course materials located on Module 6: Lecture Materials & Resources page, answer the following:

1. Uniform Determination of Death Act (UDDA):
   • How this law was created
   • Legal definition of death, describe
2. Define dying within context of faith, basic principle about human life
3. Bioethical Analysis of Pain Management - Pain Relief
4. What is the difference between Pain and suffering? Explain
5. Diagnosis / Prognosis: define both.
6. Ordinary / Extraordinary means of life support. Explain the bioethical analysis.
7. Killing or allowing to die? Define both and explain which one is ethically correct and why?
8. Catholic declaration on life and death; give a summary of this document: https://ecatholic-sites.s3.amazonaws.com/17766/documents/2018/11/CDLD.pdf (Links to an external site.)
9. What is free and informed consent from the Catholic perspective?
10. Define Proxi, Surrogate
11. Explain:
    • Advance Directives
    • Living Will
    • PoA / Durable PoA
    • DNR
12. Read and summarize ERD paragraphs #: 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 55, 59, 61, 62.

Submission Instructions:

• The submission is to be clear and concise and students will lose points for improper grammar, punctuation, and misspelling.
• If references are used, please cite properly according to the current APA style. 

Read

• Ethical and Religious Directives (ERD) for Catholic Health Care Services (6th ed.). (2018). 
  Paragraphs: 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 55, 59, 61, 62

Watch

• Cioffi, A. (2018, March 17). BIO 603 3 17 18 [Video file]. Retrieved fromBIO 603 3 17 18
• Cioffi, A. (2019, April 6). BIO 603 CONSENT 4 6 19 [Video file]. Retrieved fromBIO 603 CONSENT 4 6 19