Question

The process of dying in America is often an ethics challenging evident. Think about the discussions included in Chapters Ten, Eleven, and Twelve and answer the following. Describe an ethics-based death and explain why this dying process respects the patient, the family, and the providers of care.

Answer 1

The process of dying is natural and at times made manual called as physician assisted suicide or physician assisted death.A lot of changes occurs in this process touch as decreased appetite, respiration alteration, restless,copious secretions, increased sleep,incontinence. It is acceptable when it is for an aged person or in geriatric case but if it happen with the children ethics play an important role.

For instance

If a young adult met with road traffic accident who has brain death,the scenario can be explained to the family member about poor or no prognosis in this stage and if permitted and accepted the fellow patient will be able to save lives of other through organ donation.

If this happens in geriatric case ,the problems,complications, pain and poor prognosis can be explained to relative yo go smoothly with the process not dying without raising any ethical concerns.