Description
Read the Case in Point: Terri Schiavo and Case in Point: Angela Carder, found in Chapter 8 of your textbook. After reading the cases, please respond to the questions below. Be sure to include facts from the textbook as well as other sources to support your conclusions.
Questions to answer:
Compare and contrast living will with DNR order.
Compare and contrast power of attorney with healthcare proxy.
Explain the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act.
Identify the type of advance directive Terri Schiavo could have used to avoid the legal battles surrounding the end of her life.
Explain the difference between withholding and withdrawing treatment. Which method was used to end Terri Schiavo’s life?
In the case of Angela Carder, what type of tort might have been committed (assault, battery, fraud, defamation of character, false imprisonment, or invasion of privacy)? Why?
What ethical violations might have taken place in the case of Angela Carder? Be specific, using ethical principles and theories introduced in the text.
Describe the major methods of assisted reproduction.
Provide at least one legal and/or ethical issue surrounding the major methods of assisted reproduction.
