Right to Die in the United States WHY DO WE NEED IT? • Alleviate controversy and uncertainty • Provide paent’s with the best care possible and best soluon to treang and handling their terminal illness • Protect the autonomy of physicians and paen

of independence, loss of control, a sense of meaninglessness or purposelessness, loss of mental capabilies, loss of mobility, disorientaon, and confusion, sorrow over the impact of one’s illness and death on one’s family, loss of ability even to re

PHI 2635 – Bioethics Evaluating Case Studies Using Care Ethics Case 1 In this case, it is clear that the woman has varying times in which she is lucid and when she is not. By waiting until she is lucid to ask about the feeding tube again, the doctors

8/30/2018 PHI2635 Vaughn, Ch. 1 The Principles Approach to Bioethics  mid-level principles o not foundational o most agree with it  consistent w/ most normative theories  Prima Facie duties o “at first glance” o duties/obligations that you fill un

RIGHT-TO-DIE IN THE UNITED STATES POLICY PROPOSAL >>WHY DO WE NEED IT? A policy in respect to a patient’s right-to-die in the case of terminal illness is necessary to alleviate the controversy and uncertainties that surround these cases. By instituti