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1
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What is the significance of the Nancy Cruzan case?

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Surrogate decision makers, power of attorneys were more supported by legislation

2
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What branches of the government are equipped to pursue assisted suicide rules?

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Legislative and executive branches

3
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Doctor who made machines that inject medication for physician assisted suicide which eventually helped 22 with assisted suicide

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Kevorkian

4
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What are the US Supreme court’s decision on physician assisted suicide?

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Washington and New York can have physician assisted suicide depending on the state’s rule not Supreme Court’s

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What is the significance of the Quill vs Vacco case?

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They allow the patient to die not physician assisted suicide; there is a distinction between euthanasia and physician assisted suicide

6
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Allows terminally ill resident to obtain lethal dose of medication from his or her physician; prohibits physician or other person directly administers medication to end another’s life

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Oregon’s death with dignity act

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Patients have the right to formulate advance directives; health care providers receiving federal funds under Medicare need to comply with regulation

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Patient self determination act of 1990

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Patients have a right to make decisions about their health care with their physician , may agree to a proposed treatment, choose among offered treatments or say no to a treatment

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Advance directives

9
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Instrument or legal document that describes treatments individual wishes or does not wish to receive should he or she become incapacitated and unable to communicate treatment decisions

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Living will

10
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Person/agent that makes the decision of health and personal care for the patient in the even that they become unable to communicate treatment decisions

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Medical Power of Attorney

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Document that allows a person to appoint a health care agent to make treatment decisions

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Health Care Proxy

12
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Physician recognizes that effect of treatment will be no benefit to the patient

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Futility of treatment

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Likelihood an intervention amount is poor time-wise

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Quantity of futility of treatment

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Quality of care will be poor for the patient

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Quality of futility of treatment

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When do you withhold or withdraw treatment?

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Terminally ill, imminent death will occur, non-cognitive state, restoration of cardiac function is brief for a period of time