End of Life Ethics

Question 1

What are the major ethical principals in healthcare?

Answer 1

1) Nonmaleficence
“above all do no harm”
2) Justice
Looks beyond the
individual to the overall
good of society
3) Autonomy
Patient’s right to have
sovereignty
4) Beneficence
Actions that are intended
to benefit the patient

Question 2

What is a healthcare directive?

Answer 2

documents that outline treatment decisions that patients have asked to be followed if they become unable to communicate or make decisions for themselves
–>may also be called living wills

Question 3

When does a health care directive become effective?

Answer 3

when the patient loses the ability to communicate or make health care decisions

Question 4

Does a health care directive require expertise to fill out?

Answer 4

-no, a lawyer can be used but isn’t needed
-just download the document, print, then fill it out
-can also be a handwritten note as long as it is signed and dated
-a power of attorney would require a lawyer

Question 5

What can not be put in a healthcare directive?

Answer 5

MAID

Question 6

What is the principle of double effect?

Question 7

What are the differences between Palliative Sedation and Euthanasia?

Question 8

What are the criteria for SPP?

Question 9

What should you chart in regards to self-administered MAID?

Answer 9

-that they put the liquid up to their own lips (that we didn’t help them to drink it)

Question 10

What should be specifically charted related to SPP?

Answer 10

pts resp rate and rhythm

Question 11

Describe Bill 34 in MB (important slide)