Emergency Medical System takes command and control the multiple positions and teams on scene; triage, treatment, staging and transportation. ... Beyond emergency care is considered those where death is imminent and treatment futile or exceed the available resources (Pou ). ... We need to realize that in a disaster, things may not always go well; some people will die, and some will receive treatment. ... Treatment decisions are to be based on science, evidence, practice and experience and acceptable to the average person. ... From this concept, it has been argued that life-sustaining trea...

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Advances in medical technology have done a great deal to produce miraculous cures and recoveries. ... A 1991 law called The Patient Self Determination Act (PSDA) requires hospitals and nursing homes to tell patients about their right to refuse medical treatment. ... Change is in the air, brought on by forces that have put pressure on members of the medical profession to ease their control on patient care and treatment decision making. ... The reverse may also be true: Despite an advance directive requesting that treatment be provided, physicians may judge that treatment would be of little bene...

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Most of the reasons why terminally ill patients request doctors to assist them in committing suicide might be caused by problems such as hopelessness because there is no effective treatment, anxiety over doctors' very expensive fees, and regret for their family's burden of taking care of them. ... As Maine Medical Society's Executive Vice President Gordon Smith stated, "physician-assisted suicide goes against 2,000 years of medical ethics". He backed up his claim by using statements stated in the Code of Medical Ethics. ... The opponents of the legalization of physician-assist...

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Gradually patients began to seek the right to choose to receive treatment or to refuse further treatment if they did not want to prolong their agony rather than the doctor getting to make the decision. Thus, in what became a groundbreaking law, in 1976, California became the first state to allow terminally ill patients to die when such a patient chooses to withdraw further treatment. ... It has allowed the public to support the idea of having the right-to-die, favoring possible physician assisted suicide when appropriate and has led to patient legal rights including the ability, through medic...

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In response to this, some medical schools have started teaching students how to break bad news to patients.11 The Ethics in Medicine Web site at the University of Washington School of Medicine contains a six-step protocol titled "Breaking Bad News." ... But in some cases it is only after a treatment has been started that a proper diagnosis and prognosis can be made.1 Treatment that can be withheld can also be withdrawn. ... Decisions for writing a DNR order are based on the patient's preference, determinations of medical futility, and the patient's quality of life.8 The presence ...

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The only way this is possible is if you have an advanced directive to guide medical professionals and family in the proper direction to meet your wishes. ... An advanced directive is a legal document that informs others about a patient's wishes regarding end of life treatment and during medical emergencies. ... Giving someone you trust durable power of attorney allows him or her to make medical decisions that are not addressed in the will. ... In addition to this, her husband restricted her from therapy, teeth cleaning, visitors, and treatment for infections. ... Therefore, even if a will...

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However, such a statement fails to note that virtually all pain can be eliminated or at least reduced significantly if proper treatment is provided. ... What is more, assisted suicide violates historically accepted codes of medical ethics, which have never sanctioned euthanasia since it is against the Hippocratic oath. Neither swearing it means the medical practitioner cannot administer deadly medicine to anyone nor suggest such counsel. ... It gives the medical practitioner power, which can be too easily abused, and a level of responsibility he should not rightly be entitled to have. It is ...

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Long ago, a patient's input in the medical treatment they received was minimal. ... Doctors were required to explain available treatment options and to obtain patient's consent before treatment. Patients are required to listen to the doctor's knowledgeable and experienced medical advice, but the ultimate decisions are the patients'. ... Those who will die within hours or a very few days will soon obtain relief without taking any action, and those who are on life-prolonging intensive care can often end their lives simply by refusing continued treatment. ... However intolera...

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" (American Heritage Medical Dictionary). ... Persons with terminal illnesses have horrific futures ahead of them when treatment is not available. ... The same principle applies for euthanasia and withholding treatment, the patient is unable to make a choice and the family of the patient must choose whether or not to continue sustaining the patient's life. ... To protect oneself they may have, in a written statement, their predicision for themselves of what they would like to proceed in their treatment in case of an accident or illness. ... Also, if the patient is no longer able to m...

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The quality of medical care one receives is dependent on the patient's race or skin color. ... There exist many obstacles to getting treatment for all Americans. ... The diagnosis and treatment of mental illness depends heavily on verbal communication and trust between patient and doctor. ... To be effective, treatments need to be individualized in the clinical setting according to each patient's gender, culture, race and ethnicity (U.S. ... One of which includes the cost of mental health treatment and services. ...

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Euthanasia has become widely accepted into their culture, by not only the public, but also by the Royal Dutch Medical Association, and the Ministry of Justice. Since November 1990, prosecution is unlikely if a doctor complies with the guidelines set out in the non-prosecution agreement between the Dutch Ministry of Justice and the Royal Dutch Medical Association. ... Passive euthanasia is usually defined as withdrawing medical treatment with the deliberate intention of causing the patient's death. ... Normally, if a patient was having a heart attack or similar sudden life threatening prob...

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Some individuals supported the defunding, expressing that other medical facilities are just as qualified as Planned Parenthood to provide inexpensive health care to those with low income ("No Funding for Planned Parenthood – No Problem"). ... Supporters of Planned Parenthood believe that low-income families would not be able to receive quality medical care without the organization. Sarah Primrose (2012) states, "Planned Parenthood assists 800,000 women with lifesaving breast exams, more than four million Americans with testing and treatment for sexually transmitted diseases, ...

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Assisted suicide is when a patient is going through a terminal illness and is in a position where they have no hope to recover from their illness .In that situation they wish to die with dignity and control in opposed to wait for a medical miracle to occur whilst in the meantime the patient suffers from excruciating pain .Whereas murder is a situation where the murderer takes the liberty to end the victims life without their permission or desire to die. ... An argument made against euthanasia is that if one individual chooses to refuse treatment and to take control of their life this does hav...

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