week5 please answer the questions of that case study.

The Case of David Z. and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)

describe what you feel the case study is related to when answering the question you have chosen.

Nonmaleficience- (refraining from harming I am in a position to potentially myself or another) destroys or otherwise harms someone

else.

Beneficence - (bringing about good) I am in a position to benefit someone else.

Fidelity - (promise Keeping) I have made a promise, explicit or Implicit, to someone else.

Veracity - I am in a position to tell the truth or deceive someone

Justice- I am in a position to distribute benefits and burdens among Individuals or groups in society who have legitimate claims on the benefits.

Reparations - I have wronged someone else.

Gratitude- I have been the beneficiary of someone else's goodness.

The Case of David Z. and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) David, who has suffered with AL. for 20 years, is now hospitalized binking eye movements that he wants the respirator discontrued in a private religibus hosptal on a respirator. He spoke with his . David had signed his ilving will before he became il, indicatrgtat physician before he became incapacitated and asked that he be he did not want extraordinary means keeping him alve. alowed to die it the sufferng became too much for him. The physi- The nursing staft has alerted the hospital administaticr abot assist a suicide, he woud discontinue David's respirator if asked tells the physician that this is against the hospital's poicy. Se sel to co so. David has now indicated through a prearranged code of states that once a patient is placed on a respirator, the fandy must seek a court order to have him or her removed from this. 1. What were the primary concems of the hospital? type of life support. In addition, it is against hospital policy to 2. What was the physician's primary concern? have any staff members present during such a procedure. After 3. When should the discussion about the patient's future consulting with the family, the physician orders an ambulanceplans have taken place with the hospital administrator? to transport the patient back to his home, where the physician discontinues the life support. CHAPTER 5 The Physician-Patient Relationship 1. What were the primary concerns of the hospital? 2. What was the physician's primary concern? 3. When should the discussion about the patient's future plans have taken place with the hospital administrator