Healthcare Ethics: A Case Study on Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide

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CASE STUDY: 1
The work spectrum of duties of a Healthcare provider in Australia has a wide approach.
The train to provide Healthcare support and a number of other facilities to the patients. There are
number of cases where the interventions that are being used me not seem ethical and moral.
There are a number of situations where a Healthcare personal will be caught up in a tricky
situation. In this case study where Declan suffers from a degenerative disorders an epileptic fits
is one of the cases where strict dilemma between moral and consensual duties. In this scenario
one of the most important condition that arises is what amount of power can be bestowed upon a
person for deciding the fate of another’s life (Runciman, Merry & Walton, 2017). The decision
made by Jail may be best suited for her as she is spent in taking care of a father. It has to be taken
into consideration that Arthur is still not ready to give in to the disease.
It has being shown that Jane does not want her father to be resuscitated in case of a
cardiac arrest. This puts a major dilemma in the mind of Healthcare personal as they are typically
required to preserve the human life as long as they can. Moreover Jane suggested that her father
would not be comfortable with the idea it is also not right to decide the death of a person without
his consent. It is seen in the case study that he is living a hard and almost paralyzed life as he has
little or no time that he can spend by himself. Euthanasia is still not unviable option as it is very
illegal in Australia (Carter et al., 2015). On the part of Healthcare personal it is his duty to save
the life of a person who is terminally ill and has been admitted under the supervision.
In the study it is also showing that her daughter has not failed to take care of the needs of
the person. In the long term she had intended to provide all the necessary help that he will treat
along with the best therapies that would help you improve this condition. The lack of success of

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the therapies and the medical procedures also takes a toll on her and her personal life. Since it is
not allowed in the Australian Healthcare it nice a person in any scenario we eat assisted suicide
or an active Euthanasia. If he is not help in case of a cardiac arrest it would be wrong on the part
of Healthcare personal and it may affect is career if he is caught. Not helping a person having
heart attack is same as assistant his suicide which is unlawful in Australia (Molloy, McCarthy &
Tyrrell, 2016). The intervention methods that are being used for assisted suicide or illegal in
Australia.
The Ethics of working towards the overall development of individuals in the society
focuses on a common ground of ethics. All the Healthcare personal working in Australia follow
this ground rule ethics for their overall development. In the case of Arthur, the consent of the
person plays an important role in judging the facts leading to the implementation of Euthanasia.
In this case clearly it is evident that the patient is in no condition to make that decision.
Moreover as Jane States her father would not understand the predicament. From the above
statement it is very clear that Arthur does not want to die and fight with the disease till the end. It
is therefore unethical on the part of Declan do not help him revive in case of a cardiac arrest.
In this case it is also important to consider the ethical ways in which worker in Healthcare
professionals to act in the state of Australia. Sales in Australia it is illegal to implement
Euthanasia or any kind of assisted death Jane despite having the letter of authority cannot decide
for Arthur. He may be wanting to survive the whole situation and even if he consent it is not
viable legally to help him die in Australia. The concept of Euthanasia is much debated in the
Australian subcontinent and is under legislation. It is tough to decide whether a person in a
condition Arthur is in should be allowed to survive (Mpofu, Gupta & Hays, 2016). It is very
evident in the long term the extension of his life would only bring pain to him. The decision of