...Running head: FIGHTING FOR DEAR LIFE: AN ETHICAL CASE STUDY ON Fighting for Dear Life: An Ethical Case Study on Terri Schiavo Catherine Grace Bautista Adventist University of Health Sciences Ethical and Legal Issues in Healthcare HTCA543 Dr. Stanley Dobias February 24, 2015 1 FIGHTING FOR DEAR LIFE: AN ETHICAL CASE STUDY ON 2 Introduction Death is inevitable. However, for some of us, we fail to express our final wishes to our loved ones and this more often than not ends in conflict. In the United States, it is necessary for an individual to have a living will since this provides answers to end of life issues that would be in question. The story of Terri Schiavo was a case study worthy of note given that concerns or conflicts about end of life care have never been a source of familial dispute in my native country, the Philippines. Her 15-year saga brought about several questions that correspond to moral, ethical, and legal issues. Terri Schiavo’s end of life issue has now set a treacherous precedent for all vulnerable Americans, especially those who are in the marginalized sector: the disabled, those who have terminal illnesses, those who can no longer speak for themselves, and perhaps one day even to those who are indigent and unable to pay for costly health care. These individuals may become gradually compelled to make the choice to die and “get out of the way” notwithstanding their true wishes. Early Years Therese Marie Schindler was born...
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...Running head: LEGAL CASE STUDY: TERRI SCHIAVO CASE Legal Case Study: The Terri Shiavo Case University of Phoenix Legal Case Study: Terri Schiavo Case Terri Schiavo sustained a permanent brain injury on February 25, 1990. She did not have a living will or a durable power of attorney. Her husband, Michael Shiavo, was appointed her legal guardian. Because Ms. Shiavo was unable to swallow, a feeding tube kept her alive and nourished. Later that year, she was determined to be in a persistent vegetative state (PVS). Throughout the early 1990’s, Mr. Shiavo worked hard with his wife’s health care team, providing her with extensive rehabilitation, which included physical, occupational, and speech therapies. Despite this effort, Ms. Shiavo’s condition did not improve. After he accepted his wife’s prognosis, he worked to follow through with what he stated were her beliefs that she would not want to continue to be kept alive through the means of artificial life support. Her parents disagreed with his convictions of what his wife would want, and subsequently the most watched ethical dilemma played out for the world to see. (Perry, Churchill, & Kirshner, 2005). This case has been the focus of medical, legal, theological, ethical, political, and social controversy nationwide. The case alone threatened to undo thirty years of ethical and legal progress enabling individuals to control and limit medical interventions performed on them. (Hook & Mueller, 2005). This paper will discuss...
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...just as any muscle, improving memory and cognitive ability, regardless of age (2014). A trauma or injury on any part of the brain assures a conspicuous change on the individual because it is the brain that directs the human activities. Throughout history, various individuals damaged this significant organ whereby drastic changes on personality behaviors and even death became the result. Phineas Gage is one of the most famous and documented cases of severe brain injury. Gage and his crew were working on the Rutland and Burlington Railroad near Cavendish in Vermont. Gage was organizing for an explosion by compacting a bore with explosive powder using a tamping iron. According to the Neuroscience writer, Mo Constandi, “While he was doing this, a spark from the tamping iron exploded the powder, causing the iron to be propelled at high speed straight through Gage’s skull” (2006). Wade and Travis reveal that, “the iron rod enter beneath his left eye and exited through his head, destroying much of his prefrontal cortex” (2008). Related to Gage case, Teddy Poh discloses that “As a general rule, the prefrontal cortex is well known for its function in executive control. This encompasses a wide spectrum of processes that include attention, working memory,...
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...Euthanasia and Ethical Implications Thereof Euthanasia according to the medical dictionary is the act or practice of killing hopelessly sick or injured individuals in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy and/or allowing said person to die by taking less than complete medical measures to prolong life. This type of act is also known as mercy killing or assisted suicide. Individuals who have reached the point when they feel they have no other options have often chosen to look into euthanasia as a way out. Families who see their loved one suffering have approached heath care professionals to act on their behalf and end the pain by euthanizing them. Each instance creates an ethical dilemma for the individual, the health care provider, the family, and other loved ones. Nursing Obligations According to the American Nurses Association (ANA), Nurses are not expected to participate in active euthanasia, as this violates the nurses’ code of ethics. As nurses we have the obligation to provide timely, humane, comprehensive, and compassionate end-of-life care (ANA, 1985). The code for nurses affirms that respect for persons “extends to all who require the services of the nurse for the promotion of health, the prevention of illness, the restoration of health, the alleviation of suffering and provision of supportive care of the dying. The nurse does not act deliberately to terminate life of any person” (ANA, 1985). However, ANA recognizes the patients’ right to self-determination...
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...Running Head: Case Study Analysis Paper 2: A Tale of Two Coaches Case Study Analysis Paper 2: A Tale of Two Coaches Harry A. Gkornean Grand Canyon University: LRD 600-0500: Leadership Styles and Development Dr. Terri Trent September 2, 2015 “Coach K: A Matter of the Heart” & "Coach Knight: A Will to Win” Overview This paper provides a leadership styles and skills analysis of two cases that separately discussed the professional careers of two leaders involved in similar kinds of activities. It presents two coaches – Coach K and Coach Knight - as achievers but distinguishes them in terms of the methodology used. This paper recognizes similar leadership attributes of these two leaders and distinguishes one from another in terms of their leadership style. It identifies Coach K more as a leader than Coach Knight whose attributes were more managerial. Leadership Skills Coach K was an efficient and successful leader who demonstrated excellent leadership skills as he led the Duke Basketball Team to becoming one of the most successful college basketball teams in America’s history (DeLacey, Perlow & Snook, 2005). His success can be attributed to the following leadership skills: competencies, individual attributes, and leadership outcomes, technical, human and conceptual skills. Similarly, Coach Knight was a very successful basketball coach at Indiana University and Texas Tech. According to DeLacey, Perlow & Snook (2005), he earned for himself one of the most enviable...
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...Dilemma Part 2 As a continuation of a previous study, the Grand Canyon University Team White Ethics Committee further examines the dilemma of euthanasia. Four individual personal interviews were conducted and the results are included below. The Team White Ethics Committee has been tasked with the challenge of comparing similarities and differences between the cases we have studied and making a recommendation on each case based on our interviews and personal beliefs. The first case was Dax (Busada, 2011) and the second case was Terry Schiavo (Springs, 2009). Interview #1 To receive a spiritual leader’s perspective about euthanasia, Pastor Sandy Ash of Harbor Chapel Community Church in Moss Landing, California was interviewed. The interview started by giving Pastor Ash a brief background regarding both the Dax and Terry Schiavo stories. When asked about her view on euthanasia, Pastor Ash stated, “If it’s a person who doesn’t want to live then there’s still hope and they shouldn’t give up since there is no machine keeping them alive. There’s a lot to live for” (Ash, 2013). Pastor Ash also added, “It depends on what stage. If there’s a machine then the person should let them go if they want to go, if that’s their wish” (Ash, 2013). With Terry’s case, she was young and did not have anything on paper stating her wishes should she become incompetent of making medical decisions. When asked about her thoughts on Terry’s case, Pastor Ash reported, “All I knew about was that...
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...individuals try to take a politically correct stand without evaluating the impact it has on the aggrieved party’s life. Euthanasia in itself may seem a simple issue at the first instance, but by probing deep into the issue we are made to ponder a lot about not only its ethical aspects but also the stakes involved in exercising Euthanasia as a fundamental right of an individual. The dilemma in this issue is a lot more complicated if we were to compare it to other conventional ethical dilemmas because both the stands seem morally right, but there’s a legal perspective which opposes one school of thought and supports the other. Is an individual allowed to determine his death if survival is more of a formality? If so what is the basis of qualifying a case to be a suitable contender for euthanasia? Is the judiciary ignoring this since Euthanasia is an issue faced by a minority? SOME FAMOUS VOICES ON EUTHNASIA: 1. Mr. Ravi B Naik, former High Court Judge and Senior Advocate: (deccanherald.com) “When it is not possible for man to give life, who is he to take it away? We should leave death in the hands of God who gave life. There is no law that allows killing by force till a man dies naturally, nor should there be one. In a situation where it is ‘impossible to live’, people die naturally. When they don’t die, doesn’t it mean they can live? It is meaningless to ask them to die without allowing them to live.” 2. Dr Vasantha Muthuswamy, former Deputy Director General, Indian Council of Medical...
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...Repository Management Faculty Articles and Papers Management 1-1-2013 Team leadership: The Chilean Mine Case Terri A. Scandura University of Miami, scandura@miami.edu Monica M. Sharif Recommended Citation Scandura, Terri A. and Sharif, Monica M., "Team leadership: The Chilean Mine Case" (2013). Management Faculty Articles and Papers. Paper 13. http://scholarlyrepository.miami.edu/management_articles/13 This Book Chapter is brought to you for free and open access by the Management at Scholarly Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Management Faculty Articles and Papers by an authorized administrator of Scholarly Repository. For more information, please contact repository.library@miami.edu. Scandura, T.A. & Sharif, M.M. (In Press). Team leadership: The Chilean mine case. In C.M. Giannantonio & A.E. Hurley-Hanson (Eds.), Extreme Leadership: Leaders, Teams and Situations Outside the Norm (pp. XX-XX). Northampton, MA: Edward Edgar Publishing. TEAM LEADERSHIP: THE CHILEAN MINE CASE TERRI A. SCANDURA Department of Management School of Business Administration University of Miami Coral Gables, FL 33124 scandura@miami.edu MONICA M. SHARIF Department of Management School of Business Administration University of Miami Coral Gables, FL 33124 msharif@miami.edu 1 Team Leadership: The Chilean Mine Case Terri A. Scandura & Monica M. Sharif University of Miami Introduction The world watched in awe as the first of the 33...
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...Also by J.K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (in Latin) Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (in Welsh, Ancient Greek and Irish) Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Quidditch Through the Ages The Tales of Beedle the Bard Copyright First published in Great Britain in 2012 by Little, Brown and Hachette Digital Copyright © J.K. Rowling 2012 The moral right of the author has been asserted. All characters and events in this publication, other than those clearly in the public domain, are fictitious and any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of the publisher, nor be otherwise circulated in any form of binding or cover than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser. ‘Umbrella’: Written by Terius Nash, Christopher ‘Tricky’ Stewart, Shawn Carter and Thaddis Harrell © 2007 by 2082 Music Publishing (ASCAP)/Songs of Peer, Ltd. (ASCAP)/March Ninth Music...
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...Also by J.K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (in Latin) Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (in Welsh, Ancient Greek and Irish) Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Quidditch Through the Ages The Tales of Beedle the Bard Copyright First published in Great Britain in 2012 by Little, Brown and Hachette Digital Copyright © J.K. Rowling 2012 The moral right of the author has been asserted. All characters and events in this publication, other than those clearly in the public domain, are fictitious and any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of the publisher, nor be otherwise circulated in any form of binding or cover than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser. ‘Umbrella’: Written by Terius Nash, Christopher ‘Tricky’ Stewart, Shawn Carter and Thaddis Harrell © 2007 by 2082 Music Publishing (ASCAP)/Songs of Peer, Ltd. (ASCAP)/March Ninth...
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...Verbal Learning Belinda Sims PSYCH/550 April 30, 2012 Dr Terri Edwards Verbal Learning Types of learning abound. As a result, people apply different kinds of methods that are appropriate for them during learning process. Various learning approaches showcase how a learner commences the efforts of gripping, processing, focusing on, and sustaining current and challenging information (Bjork, McDaniel, Pashler,& Rohrer, 2008). The study of memory and learning is synonymous with Ebbinghaus, Herman. The earliest scientific approach to the study of memory in 1885 by Herman Ebbinghaus gave impetus to some techniques used by psychologists to assess learning methods. This paper will examine the concept of verbal learning. Compares and contrasts serial learning paired associate learning, and free recall. It will also explore the concept of mnemonics in the recall of verbal stimuli. The Concept of Verbal Learning The concept of verbal learning is associated with Herman Ebbibghaus’ (1885) scientific research on memory. This scientific exploration and breakthrough illuminates the impact of explicit independent features on learning first the verbal learning items or objects. The concept of verbal learning relates to some learning techniques propounded by Ebbinghaus. The techniques include serial learning, (e.g., the list of words), and nonsense syllables (consant-vowel-consant, e.g., LoJ, TAQ). These...
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...2002, it rose to 395,000 Black/White marriages (U.S. Bureau of the Census, 2004). By 2010, it grew more to 540,000 (U.S. Bureau of the Census, 2012. However, before the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, this would have been unimaginable. It was illegal for people with different race to marry before the Civil Rights Movement, which we called “anti-miscegenation laws”. This paper will examine how the Civil Rights Movement helped make marriages between blacks and whites and mixed-race families acceptable to society and more common. In this paper, I am going to provide the background about the Civil Rights Movement. Such as ways this movement affected Black/White marriage, and the Loving vs. Virginia (the Supreme Court Case). Then, I will introduce some family stories in biracial families during 1960s and a number of findings about Black/White marriage. At last, I will present the difference between 1960s and nowadays and express the current situation of Black/White marriage. THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT The Civil Rights Movement in the United States includes noted legislation and organized efforts to abolish public and private acts of racial discrimination African Americans and other disadvantaged groups from 1954 to 1968, especially in the southern part of the United States. In...
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...Confirming Pages g Frank Shipper Greg L. Stewart Salisbury University CASE 26 W. L. Gore & Associates: Developing Global Teams to Meet 21st-Century Challenges1 University of Iowa Charles C. Manz University of Massachusetts–Amherst n 2010, W. L. Gore & Associates celebrated its 52nd year in business. Founded in 1958 by Bill and Vieve Gore in the basement of their home, Gore had grown into a global enterprise famous for its high performance fabrics, medical products, and next-generation electronic products, as well as its use of self-empowered teams of employees (called associates at Gore). In its earlier years, the company had endeavored to restrict the size of its different corporate facilities to 200 associates or fewer, a practice that helped keep the number of teams at a given facility to a manageable number and facilitated cross-team coordination. More recently, however, to better cope with the challenges of a global marketplace, increasing numbers of teams were composed of associates in different facilities, sometimes facilities that were spread across three continents; the coordination of team members working in different facilities was enabled by online communication. In 2010, Gore’s products were sold on six continents and used on all seven continents, as well as under the ocean and in space. The company global operations required teams of associates to tightly coordinate their activities in developing, producing, and marketing...
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...become a protest form for people all over the world. The art form, now simply known as Hip- Hop, began with three New Yorkers: Busy Bee Starski, DJ Hollywood, and DJ Afrika Bambaataa; they are credited for creating the term Hip-Hop. It all began in the early 1970’s with house parties and basement beat shaking music in upstate New York. The beats were very melodic, Africanized, and soulful. Hip-Hop is music for Blacks and Latinos who were isolated from the main stream popular music Rock and Roll. It housed several components: Rapping (MC’ing), Break dancing, Graffiti, and Street types of sport games. Black and Latinos celebrate themselves in these different art forms and it has now grown to a world revolution. According to Terri Adams, when the term Rap was first used by African Americans it...
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...Shawanda Lamb Professor Morgan REL 330 Christian Morality 21 October 2010 On-line Privacy: Intrusion Between Children and Parents In today’s society the technology is impeccably innovating and eye catching, especially when it comes to cell phones and computers. It seems like no-one does nothing but text, e-mail, and stay in chat rooms on MySpace, Twitter and Facebook cites. It is hardly imaginable to allow children on the computer without filters, monitors, and supervision. But when does it become a privacy issue between children and their parents? Teens are often exposed to potential privacy risks online due to marketing platforms like some of the names mentioned above. Another issue to deal with is on-line sexual predators and pedophiles that are on the loose, targeting children on the computer had and still is an issue in today’s modern society. When does it stop? Will it ever? Where are the moral values? Will parents take a stand for what is right for the children even if a teenager believes that they are being protected because they used false information in their profile? When we define the word intrusion it means: an illegal act of entering, seizing, or taking possession of another's property. I’m sorry, but as a parent I believe my children don’t own anything they don’t have the right to say I can take you to court mom for taking my computer, regardless...
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