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5 pages in length. The writer discusses the legal/ethical issues of advance directives in an outline format. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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to technology to be kept alive c. The son is the best choice for proxy decision maker d. Hard decisions will have to be made in order to carry out
the fathers wishes e. Dying with dignity and without suffering is important to the father f. The father is asking the son to participate in an illegal act by helping
him take his own life even if the circumstances are dire g. There are six primary variables to euthanasia (Rae, 2009) i. Active: deliberately overdosing with medication ii. Passive: deliberately
withdrawing medical treatment iii. Voluntary: patient request iv. Involuntary: against patients wishes v. non-voluntary: no request from patient either way vi. assisted suicide: doctor provides means to ends but does
not administer h. Euthanasia by action and omission refers to intentional death by carrying out an action and by withholding life-sustaining care, respectively (Rae, 2009) II. Determine Ethical Issues
a. Pulling the plug on a terminally ill person is an act of mercy i. Death is not a demon when life has come to an obvious end and should
not be withheld for the sake of available extraordinary means to perpetuate it (Rae, 2009) b. Withholding nutrition and/or hydration can be construed as a harsh path to what is
otherwise a merciful act c. The father should have every right to dictate how he is able to die once it is determined he is terminally ill i. The Supreme
Court removed itself from any further entanglements surrounding the delicate issue by granting each of the fifty states the opportunity to rise to such a level of public awareness necessary
with this issue ii. The widely awaited decision allowing individual states to conclude for themselves whether to permit doctor-assisted suicides represented a much needed bend in the ever stringent law
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