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This 7-page paper focuses on right-to-die and terminal patient issues. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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7 pages (~225 words per page)
File: AS43_MTcanccent.doc
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The manager is dealing with a lot: The nursing staff has expressed burnout because of an increase of terminal cancer patients. In one extreme case, Nurse Nancy, feeling empathy for
a rapid decline in one of the patients health (a 30-year-old single mother), wants to give an extra dose of narcotic that could potentially end the patients life - and
what Nurse Nancy perceives as her suffering. Needless to say, concepts including end-of-life rights, death with dignity and right to life apply to
this particular case. In examining this particular case, well find that the nurse is trying to act with the purest of motives. However, what she is doing could skirt ethical
decision-making, while being blatantly against the law. Additionally, it could provide a negative view of the cancer center. Though many people might support the idea of dying with dignity, others
might take a dim view of a nurse who, in her zeal to prevent a patients suffering, would deprive children of their mother. Patient Bill of Rights
The Patient Bill of Rights, sponsored by Senators John McCain, John Edwards and Ted Kennedy (S.1052), guarantees patients the right to access to health care
specialists when necessary and requires continuity of care protections to patients so they dont have to change health care providers in the middle of their treatment (Summary, 2001). The bill,
unfortunately, failed, but many of its requirements make sense. For the patients of this particular cancer center, it means their treatment wouldnt be interrupted if they needed to change employers
(and if their new health care plan didnt cover treatments by the centers providers). The Patient Bill of Rights also provides with external appeals processes to address grievances or complaints
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