Assignment: Death and Dying Discussion

Assignment: Death and Dying Discussion

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week 4 – Case Study on Death and Dying

The practice of health care providers at all levels brings you into contact with people from a variety of faiths. This calls for knowledge and understanding of a diversity of faith expressions; for the purpose of this course, the focus will be on the Christian worldview.

Based on “Case Study: End of Life Decisions,” the Christian worldview, and the worldview questions presented in the required topic study materials you will complete an ethical analysis of George’s situation and his decision from the perspective of the Christian worldview.

Provide a 1,500-2,000-word ethical analysis while answering the following questions:

How would George interpret his suffering in light of the Christian narrative, with an emphasis on the fallenness of the world?

How would George interpret his suffering in light of the Christian narrative, with an emphasis on the hope of resurrection?

As George contemplates life with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), how would the Christian worldview inform his view about the value of his life as a person?

What sorts of values and considerations would the Christian worldview focus on in deliberating about whether or not George should opt for euthanasia?

Given the above, what options would be morally justified in the Christian worldview for George and why?

Based on your worldview, what decision would you make if you were in George’s situation?

Remember to support your responses with the topic study materials.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide. An abstract is required.

This assignment uses a rubric.You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite.

1. Bioethics: A Primer for Christians

Read Chapters 6 and 12 in Bioethics: A Primer for Christians.

http://gcumedia.com/digital-resources/wm-b-eerdmans-publishing-co/2013/bioethics_a-primer-for-christians_ebook_3e.php

2. Called to Care: A Christian Worldview for Nursing

Read Chapters 10-12 in Called to Care: A Christian Worldview for Nursing.

http://gcumedia.com/digital-resources/intervarsity-press/2006/called-to-care_a-christian-worldview-for-nursing_ebook_2e.php

Assignment: Death and Dying Discussion

Assignment: Death and Dying Discussion

Assignment: Death and Dying Discussion

Assignment: Death and Dying Discussion

3. Defining Death: Medical, Legal and Ethical Issues in the Determination of Death

Read the Introduction and Chapters 1-3 of “Defining Death: Medical, Legal and Ethical Issues in the Determination of Death” by the President’s Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research (1984).

https://repository.library.georgetown.edu/bitstream/handle/10822/559345/defining_death.pdf?sequence=1

Rubric

Analysis of how the man would interpret his suffering in light of the Christian narrative and the fallenness of the world is clear and demonstrates a deep understanding that is skillfully supported by topic study materials. 12%

Analysis of how the man would interpret his suffering in light of the Christian narrative and the hope of resurrection is clear and demonstrates a deep understanding that is skillfully supported by topic study materials. 12%

Analysis of how the Christian worldview of the man might inform his view about the value of his life as a person with ALS is clear and demonstrates a deep understanding that is skillfully supported by topic study materials.12%

Evaluation of which values and considerations the Christian worldview focuses on when deliberating the option of euthanasia for the man is clear and demonstrates a deep understanding that is skillfully supported by topic study materials. 12%

Evaluation of which options would be justified in the Christian worldview for the man is clear and demonstrates a deep understanding that is skillfully supported by topic study materials. 12%

Reflection hypothesis of which personal choices would be make if faced with ALS based on personal worldview is clear, relevant, and insightful. 10%

Thesis is comprehensive and contains the essence of the paper. Thesis statement makes the purpose of the paper clear. 7%

Clear and convincing argument presents a persuasive claim in a distinctive and compelling manner. All sources are authoritative. 8%

Writer is clearly in command of standard, written, academic English. 5%

All format elements are correct.5%

Sources are completely and correctly documented, as appropriate to assignment and style, and format is free of error. 5%

Assignment: Death and Dying Discussion

Assignment: Death and Dying Discussion

Assignment: Death and Dying Discussion

Case Study: End of Life Decisions

George is a successful attorney in his mid-fifties. He is also a legal scholar, holding a teaching post at the local university law school in Oregon. George is also actively involved in his teenage son’s basketball league, coaching regularly for their team. Recently, George has experienced muscle weakness and unresponsive muscle coordination. He was forced to seek medical attention after he fell and injured his hip. After an examination at the local hospital following his fall, the attending physician suspected that George may be showing early symptoms for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a degenerative disease affecting the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. The week following the initial examination, further testing revealed a positive diagnosis of ALS.

ALS is progressive and gradually causes motor neuron deterioration and muscle atrophy to the point of complete muscle control loss. There is currently no cure for ALS, and the median life expectancy is between 3 and 4 years, though it is not uncommon for some to live 10 or more years. The progressive muscle atrophy and deterioration of motor neurons leads to the loss of the ability to speak, move, eat, and breathe. However, sight, touch, hearing, taste, and smell are not affected. Patients will be wheelchair bound and eventually need permanent ventilator support to assist with breathing.

George and his family are devastated by the diagnosis. George knows that treatment options only attempt to slow down the degeneration, but the symptoms will eventually come. He will eventually be wheelchair bound and be unable to move, eat, speak, or even breathe on his own.

In contemplating his future life with ALS, George begins to dread the prospect of losing his mobility and even speech. He imagines his life in complete dependence upon others for basic everyday functions and perceives the possibility of eventually degenerating to the point at which he is a prisoner in his own body. Would he be willing to undergo such torture, such loss of his own dignity and power? George thus begins inquiring about the possibility of voluntary euthanasia.

opic 4: Optional Study Materials

Introduction to Euthanasia: Opposing Viewpoints

“Introduction to Euthanasia: Opposing Viewpoints,” edited by Torr, from Opposing Viewpoints in Context (2000).

https://link-galegroup-com.lopes.idm.oclc.org/apps/doc/EJ3010134107/OVIC?u=canyonuniv&sid=OVIC&xid=e1aca972

Ethics and Life’s Ending: An Exchange

“Ethics and Life’s Ending: An Exchange,” by Orr and Meilaender, from First Things (2004).

https://lopes.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=rfh&AN=ATLA0001442679&site=ehost-live&scope=site

Always Care, Never Kill: How Physician-Assisted Suicide Endangers the Weak, Corrupts Medicine, Compromises the Family, and Violates Human Dignity and Equality

“Always Care, Never Kill: How Physician-Assisted Suicide Endangers the Weak, Corrupts Medicine, Compromises the Family, and Violates Human Dignity and Equality,” by Anderson, on The Heritage Foundation website (2015).

https://www.heritage.org/health-care-reform/report/always-care-never-kill-how-physician-assisted-suicide-endangers-the-weak

Pain Management Rather Than Assisted Suicide: The Ethical High Ground

“Pain Management Rather Than Assisted Suicide: The Ethical High Ground,” by Orr, from Pain Medicine (2001).

https://lopes.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=4883594&site=ehost-live&scope=site

The Higher-Brain Concept of Death: A Christian Theological Appraisal

“The Higher-Brain Concept of Death: A Christian Theological Appraisal,” by Roberts, from Ethics & Medicine (2017).

https://search-proquest-com.lopes.idm.oclc.org/docview/1953801344/8E15777163CE4CF4PQ/9?accountid=7374

Three End-of-Life Cases: Resolving Their Moral Dilemmas

“Three End-of-Life Cases: Resolving Their Moral Dilemmas,” by Mirkes, from Ethics & Medicine (2017).

https://search-proquest-com.lopes.idm.oclc.org/docview/1901683914/fulltextPDF/79642D3CA804C4FPQ/8?accountid=7374

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Running Head: Case Study: Fetal Abnormality 2

Case Study: Fetal Abnormality 2

Case Study: Fetal Abnormality

1/31/19

From the case, study the couples are faced with a tough decision of aborting the fetus or not being the ultrasound result showed that the child would have abnormalities upon birth. Dr. Wilson suggested abortion of the child based on the defect with Jessica being indecisive of aborting or not. The husband Marco is ready to support her despite the decision she takes though aunty maria believes abortion is wrong. This is a reflection paper showing the theories and influence of recommendations for action by the individuals alongside showing the theory I agree with (“Fetal Abnormality Case Study,” 2017).

Question 1

From my viewpoint, according to aunty Maria who is a strong Christian, firmly believes that the fetus should be given a chance to live because from her perspective abortion is wrong and an against God’s intent. She acts as a moral agency empowering a person to do what is morally right. She believes that with prayers, there is an answer to every problem and that there is a reason one is pregnant. According to Christianity the fetus should be kept and born no matter the situation (Newbanks, Rieg, & Schaefer, 2017, p. 1).

Question 2

Jesica, Maria, Marco, and Dr. Wilson applied different theories in determining the moral status of the fetus. Dr. Wilson gave the family all options required, however, he illustrates great support of abortion on his understanding of medical deformities. Dr. Wilson uses the theory of cognitive properties outlining to have one morals status, needs to be able to illustrate the level of rationality and awareness which is not owned by fetus making fetus not to have a moral condition, thus, acceptable to abort it. Maria asks Jessica to meditate about her roles as a mother to the child to show respect to the intent of God which fall under the theory of relationship. Jessica has united with the fetus as a mother as well as a connection to God offering fetus with a moral status that abortion is wrong. This is illustrating the divine command theory which is based on creator being God and decides morality. Jessica is in financial problems thus making her be in the chaos that the kid posses alongside the beliefs of her religion which is against abortion (“Ethics: Moral Status,” n.d.). Jessica uses the theory of moral agency as she is planning to have the moral status of the child is in place. Macro uses theory based on the relationship because the moral situation of the child may change depending on action by Jessica. Having discussed the above different approaches, it is clear that every one of them has different opinions of what should be done to the fetus of which is very right based on their beliefs and values (Newbanks, Rieg, & Schaefer, 2017, p. 1).

Question 3

They used different theories to give their opinions which also had to determine each of their recommendation for action in one way or another. For instance, Aunt Maris theory is that Jessica should have the kid abandoned and to allow the will of God to be done by not aborting the fetus. Being that she is a strong Christian, she recommends that as she actively follows the principles as well as values of Christianity. Wilson as a doctor understands the pain of departing with a young star who is unborn even though he also comprehends that it would be quite harmful to the mother to have the baby kept keeping in mind that the kind of abnormality the baby is diagnosed. He goes ahead to recommend that the mother to do abortion as a strategy of security of ensuring that the life of the mother is not endangered. He suggests that Jessica can have the abortion as per the constitution and that she could get another baby later on who is not having any abnormalities. The concept of Marcos is based on what the wife finds to be the correct thing for the well being of the baby which is in connection on what his wife finds to be the best opinion (Creinin & Chen, 2016, p. 99).

Question 4

I agree with the doctor’s theory as well as his recommendation of action. The best response for such a case would be abortion since it would give the mother another chance of giving birth to another baby instead of risking her life. What I would avoid and to put is that Christianity and values of Christianity for this particular case are incorrect, the concept of practice was the most suitable theory present that could be applied by Jessica providing her with another living opportunity. If the abortion is done scientifically and medically correct at hand could give Jessica another chance to live and give birth to another kid who is more healthier instead of putting her life in danger. According to this concept, Jessica could have aborted the child before conditions getting worse alongside preserving them from the struggle financially that they currently face with the husband as the child would require more care and attention that would be difficult to them to achieve (Creinin & Chen, 2016, p. 102).

In conclusion, the author together with all the individuals on the case study had different opinions and values on life of human. As a Christian, the author believes that abortion is immortal alongside being against the plans of God. However, my opinion should not influence the patient’s decision being the patient would need to live for more years to come, and the decision regarding abortion is quite challenging to decide. As a health professional, I strongly suggest that we should offer all available opinions in a manner that is unbiased (Creinin & Chen, 2016, p. 101).

References

Ethics: Moral Status. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.khanacademy.org/partner-content/wi-phi/wiphi-value-theory/wiphi-ethics/v/moral-status

Creinin, M. D., & Chen, M. J. (2016). Medical abortion reporting of efficacy: the MARE guidelines. Contraception, 94(2), 97-103.

Fetal Abnormality Case Study. (2017, October 22). Retrieved from https://acasestudy.com/fetal-abnormality-case-study/

Newbanks, R. S., Rieg, L. S., & Schaefer, B. (2017). What Is Caring in Nursing? Sorting Out Humanistic and Christian Perspectives. Journal of Christian Nursing, 1.

Case Study: Death and Dying 6

Case Study on Death and Dying

2/07/19

Ethical Analysis of Death and Dying – A Case Study

Man is more himself, man is progressively human, when satisfaction is the crucial thing in him, and despondency the shallow. Despairing ought to be a guiltless interval, a delicate and criminal outlook; acclaim ought to be the lasting throb of the spirit. Negativity is, best case scenario an enthusiastic half-occasion; bliss is the uproarious work by which all things live (Cobham, 1940). Regardless of whether you have faith in this vision of the triumph of bliss and the fixing of anguish, you need to let it be known is an excellent idea. (Cobham, 1940). Comment by Victoria Pederson: Please be sure to follow the APA template with indenting all new paragraphs throughout, and including a title centered on top of page two. Comment by Victoria Pederson: This seems like it might be a good effort towards an introduction, but don’t forget to include the thesis. Please see the brief videos in the Writing Process for help with this.

Christian narrative, with an emphasis on the fallenness of the world

We may not know each explanation for the occasions of life, however, importance and expectation can emerge out of considering what people do think about God and this world. In various routes (through creation, still, small voice, Scripture, and through Christ Himself), God has demonstrated His animals that He exists. Further, God has uncovered much about this world and His arrangements for it. God says that the first creation was immaculate, yet sin and fallenness were presented through human insubordination Would it be a good idea for George to naturally presume that delinquents were getting their “retribution?” Or like George snapshot of uncertainty while in jail, would it be a good idea for us to infer that perhaps God isn’t as bona fide or devoted as we had a first idea (Barry, 2001). Comment by Victoria Pederson: Good response to question one. Rather than have a collection of quotations, it would be better to use quotes as evidence to support your own thoughts. Where are your own words, thoughts, opinions, explanations, discussions? Please be sure to check out the Student Success center for help with how to write an academic paper. This needs a lot of improvement.

Christian narrative, with an emphasis on the hope of resurrection

In the case of confronting a human-started catastrophe, for example, a fear-based oppressor assault, or in the midst of a cataclysmic event like the seismic tremors that hit Haiti, Chili, and now Japan? we perpetually ask ourselves, “Why?” during the time spent continuing such catastrophes, individuals may ponder, “Where is God? Might George be able to have kept this? As restricted, limited people, nobody can completely realize why a given occasion may have occurred, or why George apparently blameless people endure. However, we long for a response to the tricky issue of why. Individuals in Jesus’ time needed to know why a specific man was brought into the world visually impaired and why lives were lost through a noticeable fiasco of that time. (Carden, 2007).

Resurrection is in this way one point on the range of Jewish convictions about eternal life. In the event that Christianity had been essentially a group of various Jews who had pursued Jesus or affirmed his instructing, we may have anticipated a comparative spread of perspectives, and the way that we don’t is a noteworthy piece of our inquiry concerning Christian roots; yet that is to keep running in front of my story. The second point for George to note about Jewish confidence in revival is that, where it occurred, it was never an isolates conviction. It was in every case some portion of a bigger picture noticed by George of what God would improve the situation the country and without a doubt the world (DE MEY, 1998). Comment by Victoria Pederson: These are good quotations of information, but how do they relate to the questions asked in Q2. It needs to be connected in some way.

Christian worldview informs his view about the value of George life as a person

On the off chance that Jesus would have passed on and stayed dead, he would resemble the millions who went before him and the millions who came after him. In any case, that isn’t what occurred to George. Christ’s Resurrection demonstrates that he is somebody of an interesting status: The Son of God. the Resurrection isn’t just a key piece of the gospel, yet the paste holds all aspects of the gospel together can’t overlook that humanity– not God– is to be faulted for common abhorrence. It was our corruption that made God revile the earth. (Cobham, 1940).

This is the place Isaiah 26 and Ezekiel 37 make their mark. In spite of the fact that as of now by the main century, maybe as of now in Daniel, some were understanding them as predictions of a strict revival, their setting demands that God means to reestablish Israel as a response isn’t a detached trust in the person, as so regularly in the cutting edge west. It is a piece of the expectation for the country of George as well. Also, somewhat often, it is a piece of the expectation that God will put the entire world to rights, bringing judgment upon the amazing and haughty, and kindness to poor people and discouraged. What’s more, when revival occurred, it would along these lines happen to every one of God’s kin at a similar minute (KASTENBAUM, 2004). Comment by Victoria Pederson: When taking quotes from sources, please be sure that it is not just copy/pasting information. It should deal directly with what you are trying to answer. What place? This is confusing.

Revival is one point on a bigger range; it will happen at the same time as a major aspect of God’s future for Israel and the world; and, third, it was genuinely unspecific in detail to George and almost everyone. The rabbis banter whether God will begin with the spirit and step by step develop to the strong body, or whether, as in Ezekiel, God will start with the bones and include fragile living creature and ligaments, at long last including breath as in Genesis 2. Comment by Victoria Pederson: Again, this doesn’t really answer the questions about the image of God from lecture 2. Please try to use the course materials to show evidence of learning, and ensure the learning of correct information.

Christian worldview And George opting for euthanasia

Without it, Christians are having confidence futile and are without expectation. In any case, since Christ has raised, we have any desire for having our transgressions excused, being made directly in God’s sight, and having unceasing life through Christ. For George situation, obviously, what you end up with is the thing that we would call a physical body; however, there was no understanding about whether this body would be actually similar to the one you had previously, or essentially unique somehow or another. The Maccabean saints insult their torturers with the guarantee that God will give them back their hands, tongues, etc., which are by and by being ravaged. This is reliable with, and most likely demonstrates, a conviction that revival implies an arrival to a type of life fundamentally the same as the present one. Be that as it may, there is no unanimity on this; different writings, for example, Daniel 12, can be deciphered as far as an astral Resurrection, sparkling like stars. The conviction stays ambiguous and unfocused (Merino, 2012). Comment by Victoria Pederson: Please try to minimize your quotes and keep them focused and on-track. What does astral projection have to do with euthanasia? This seems very disconnected to the questions being asked. Please try to be more specific to the questions and responses.

At last, some in any event of the individuals who trusted in the revival likewise put stock in the happening to the Messiah, however the connection among Messiah and Resurrection isn’t generally clear. The act of social insurance in George case, suppliers at all dimensions carries you into contact with individuals from an assortment of beliefs. This calls for information and acknowledgment of an assorted variety of confidence articulations (Spurgeon, n.d.). The reason for my work is to finish a near moral examination of George’s circumstance and choice from the point of view of two perspectives or religions: Christianity and some other second religion.

Justification of George View

For the second confidence, I need to pick confidence that is new to me. Instances of religions to look over incorporate Sikh, Baha’i, Buddhism, Shintoism, and so forth. In the relative investigation, I have to address the majority of the perspective inquiries in detail for Christianity and the second chosen confidence (Srinivasan, 2018).

Diverse religions endeavor to clarify why individuals turn out to be sick and why enduring exists. Likewise, the religions have created perspectives about how individuals ought to react to torment. One of the issues tended to by various religions is the means by which patients experiencing terminal sicknesses ought to react to the issue. The issue about regardless of whether killing ought to be done on such patients has been a noteworthy subject of discussion by various religions (Miller, 2012). The perspectives of various religions towards maladies, enduring and willful extermination fluctuate, yet at times, they are comparable. This way George displays a correlation of the religious perspectives of Christianity and Hinduism towards illness, enduring and killing. The perspectives of the two religions are connected in the moral examination of the instance of George, a man who is creating a terminal disease that will result into a great deal of misery and passing (“The re-enchantment of death: Near-death, death awareness, and the new age.”, 2003).

My own Perspective

Inside the scriptural perspective, at that point, enduring is certainly not a perpetual or inherently essential apparatus of the real world, as in a few renderings of the Eastern thought of Yin and Yang. Or maybe, all torment and enduring is the aftereffect of fallenness. It is an outcome of the scriptural thought of transgression—which one Christian (“Why is the resurrection of Jesus Christ important?”, 2019).

Be that as it may, what do we do with this? What’s the reasonable result when we are effectively enduring in the at this very moment?

Enduring can deliver altogether different outcomes in various people groups’ lives, contingent upon how they react to it. The equivalent excruciating knowledge can make one individual unpleasant, slender, and ungenerous, and someone else better, humbler, and progressively quiet.

In view of this present, it’s a ponder that more places aren’t extremely harmed by climate, or that more lives aren’t lost. Instead of pointing the finger at God, it’s presumably increasingly appropriate to adulate, undeniable the information, and ask, “How is it that mankind is so secured and protected, given oneself dispensed risks presented to people by this world?”(Carden, 2007).

Please insert conclusion here to summarize your main points.

References:

Barry, K. (2001). The dead. Cork: Cork University Press. Comment by Victoria Pederson: Please italicize all book titles as per the APA style guide.

Carden, M. (2007). Review of J. Cheryl Exum’s The Bible in Film? The Bible and Film. The Bible and Critical Theory, 3(1), 14.1-14.3. doi: 10.2104/bc070014 Comment by Victoria Pederson: Please italicize all journal titles and volume numbers as per the APA style guide.

Assignment: Death and Dying Discussion

Assignment: Death and Dying Discussion

Assignment: Death and Dying Discussion

Cobham, J. (1940). Book Review: The Resurrection of the Bible. Theology, 41(244), 252-253. doi: 10.1177/0040571×4004124419

DE MEY, P. (1998). Historical Criticism and the Ressurection of Jesus. Louvain Studies, 23(3), 246-273. doi: 10.2143/ls.23.3.542263 Comment by Victoria Pederson: Authors names do not need to be in all caps, please review the APA style guide.

KASTENBAUM, R. (2004). DEATH WRIT LARGE. Death Studies, 28(4), 375-392. doi: 10.1080/07481180490432360s

Merino, N. (2012). Religion. Farmington Hills, MI: Greenhaven Press.

Spurgeon, C. The Ressurection of the Dead. [S.l.].

Srinivasan, E. (2018). Bereavement experiences following a death under Oregon’s Death with Dignity Act. Death Studies, 1-9. doi: 10.1080/07481187.2018.1511636

The reenchantment of death: Near-death, death awareness, and the new age. (2003). Journal Of Near-Death Studies, 22(2). doi: 10.17514/jnds-2003-22-2-p117-131.

Why is the resurrection of Jesus Christ important? (2019). Retrieved from https://www.gotquestions.org/resurrection-Christ-important.html

There seems to be two sources missing from this list: Miller 2012 and Spurgeon (ND). Please be sure that all sources are cited where used in-text and also in reference. Both are needed as per the APA style guide. I would have liked to see more use of the course materials to show both evidence of learning and ensure the learning of correct information.