Here is the synopsis of our sample research paper on Considerations in Palliative Care for Adolescents. Have the paper e-mailed to you 24/7/365.
Essay / Research Paper Abstract
A 10 page review of the issue of parental verses patient direction in palliative care for the underage patient. The author supports the need for parents to oversee final decisions. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Page Count:
10 pages (~225 words per page)
File: AM2_PPadDth.rtf
Buy This Term Paper »
Unformatted sample text from the term paper:
Palliative care revolves around a patients wishes. In cases when a patient is incompetent for one reason or another to express their
wishes then someone else must determine the specifics of palliative care. For young patients the determination of competency is often predicated on whether or not the patient is of
legal age. When they are not of legal age a parent or other responsible adult is looked to for decisions on the patients end of life care. As
would be expected this can sometimes introduce conflicts in regard to a young patients wishes and that of the parent or other responsible adult. The obviously controversial thesis can
be presented, however, that: end of life care should be no different than other
aspects of an underage childs medical care and that the parental role in making palliative care decisions must take precedent when there is a conflict between the childs stated wishes
and the parents. Our attitudes about death have changed considerably over the last century.
This change is associated with a number of factors, the most prominent being our transition to a more secular society and the advancements in medical technology. Consequently death has
become less of a personal and spiritual topic and more of clinical phenomena, phenomena for which there is little involvement either of the person dying or of that persons family
and acquaintances. As a society we have witnessed first an alienation from the topic of death, an alienation which has moved
...