2805NRS: Legal and Ethical Principles in Healthcare Case Study – Medical Science Assignment Help

Assignment Task:

Task:

Aim: In your future role as a healthcare practitioner, you may be faced with complex and challenging situations. There will often be a legal solution that can be applied to the situation. It is important that you are aware of what this so that you can confidently practice within legal boundaries. Almost always, there will be differing ethical positions that need to be considered. The aim of this written assignment is to help you identify values and principles that underpin decision-making and become familiar with how the law supports adults who lack decision-making capacity. This written assignment will assess all the learning outcomes.

Task instructions: For this task you are required to write a 2000-word essay in which you address the ethical and legal issues raised in the provided scenario. You are required to use peer reviewed academic literature to support all of your writing. It should be structured using the following headings:

•  Introduction
•  Making Ethical Decisions
•  Making Legal Decisions
•  Conclusion

Criterion #1: “Brian had been adamant that he would not want to be left in a situation where he could not care for himself, would be a cause of distress to his family, and would be unable to provide for the people he loved the most; and, if that ever happened, he would want Elizabeth to ‘just turn the bloody machines off”. ? Identify one value that is reflected in Brian’s statement and describe it (200 words) ? Describe how this value may affect Brian’s decision-making (100 words)

Criterion #2: “Anderson and Roger, however, are opposed to stopping treatment for Brian and want Brian to be given every opportunity to recover; even if this means Brian needed to remain highly dependent in hospital for many more months/years to come”. ? In relation to Anderson OR Roger, identify one value that is reflected in this statement and describe it (200 words) ? Describe how this value may affect decision-making in relation to Brian (100 words

) Criterion three: “The healthcare team caring for Brian believed that continuing treatment was not in his best interests and concluded that his treatment should stop.” ? Identify one principle from the Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights that is reflected in this statement and describe what it requires (200 words) ? Describe how the selected principle may be used to guide decision-making by the healthcare team in relation to Brian (100 words)