Case Study Analysis on Legal and Professional Issue

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ANALYSIS ON LEGAL AND PROFESSIONAL ISSUE
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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Discussion........................................................................................................................................3
Legality to refuse life sustaining nutrition and food....................................................................3
Constitution of euthanasia...........................................................................................................4
The dissimilarities of withdrawal treatment and Euthanasia.......................................................5
Risks factors in compliance with the patient request...................................................................6
Advance Medical Directive (AMD):.......................................................................................7
Personal compliance of being professional.................................................................................8
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................9
Reference.......................................................................................................................................10

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Introduction
The primary focus of medical care is to cure illness of all individual and reserve life and
good health. All medical professionals including physicians, nurses, and other care givers are
engaged in a health care system and work under specific legislations and guidelines. However,
they have to take some decisions depending upon patient’s condition in emergency basis. These
decisions are made on patient’s wish, value, ultimate goal and also their family intention, the
burden of treatment. There are legal, ethical and social issues to direct the withdrawing or
continuing process. The health care professionals must consider some legislation to withdraw or
continue the treatment after considering the patient willingness. Good medical guidelines are
also present to evaluate the treatment procedure. These practices provide knowledge to the health
care providers, help in decision makings, and meet the challenges in provision of care. Some
incidents happen when the patients are in critical condition; the actions cannot be taken
previously. In this situation, it is difficult to decide the appropriate actions. At the ending time of
life of a patient, the health care professionals should consider the patient troublesome problems
like pain, suffering, and problem of self-esteem that would be rising from given treatment. This
situation deals with patients will and their family consent. The medical care givers respect the
patient’s choice in the end-life care earlier and it is the chief element in providing care with life-
threatening diseases. Although ultimate decisions are made by medical professionals, patient’s
consent, proper communications minimize the problem and ensure the patient desire in the care.
At the time of deciding continue or withdrawal, three main components come into the fact-
clinical, legal and ethical (Health.qld.gov.au, 2018). This paper discusses a case study about a
patient’s willing to death and whether the decisions are correct or not in the side of legal or

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ethical. The article also describes the legal action of a health care provider and whether it leads to
euthanasia or not.
Discussion
Legality to refuse life sustaining nutrition and food
Artificial Nutrition and Hydration (ANH) refers to the artificial means of having food by
feeding tubes such as nasogastric or gastric routes and intravenous routes. ANH is required in the
patients with neurological impairment who are not able to eat orally or are not physically active
or suffering from disease like cancer, congenital heart diseases. It is very painful method for
them who are cognitively alive and other organs are not functioning properly. This event is
common in the patient with life-threatening disease, stroke, and paralysis. The patient has right
to decide or know about the chosen treatment or actions against their problem and they also can
reject the treatment any time (Druml et al., 2016). It is not lawfully accurate to make any
decisions against the chosen sections as a patient with Alzheimer’s or dementia like diseases.
Their willingness is not granted if they are suffering from these diseases as their mental state is
not in healthy condition. However, it approves the patients who are psychologically fit. In
Australia, it is not lawful to withhold or withdraw any life-saving measures. According to
Guardianship and Administration Act, 2000 the individual action of taking decisions about
continue or withdraws of treatment are not authorized except emergency conditions
(Chesterman, 2018). The willingness to death is not legal in Singapore; however, it is possible in
certain critical circumstances. In Singapore, the patient may choose voluntary death but in
special ground. According to the Advance Medical Directive act, the patient without mental
disability, who are not willing to take support of life-sustaining treatment, and also has survived