HLT 520 Legal & Ethical Principles in Health Care Week 7 Discussions

HLT 520 Week7 Discussions

HLT 520 Week 7 Discussion 1 Latest-GCU

Explore the issues of how to determine if a patient is mentally competent to make his or her own decisions, especially in situations where the decisions do not appear to make sense.

HLT 520 Week 7 Discussion 2 Latest-GCU

What are the differences between a permanent vegetative state and a coma? How do these differences affect the ethical choices faced by the family and caregivers of the patient? What impacts should the patient’s own wishes have? How would the presence of a living will impact the decision?