MODR 1760 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Voluntary Euthanasia, Palliative Care, Palliative Sedation
15 Feb 2017
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Competent: people understand and appreciate relevant information concerning their situations and the consequences of any actions or decisions that will be made. Voluntary: in accordance with a competent person"s wishes. Non-voluntary: without knowing the person"s wishes because they haven"t expressed them or because they"re incompetent. Palliative care: care given to patients with terminal illness that makes patients. Euthanasia: deliberately causing a patient"s death by an act or omission, in order comfortable as they near death to relieve that person"s suffering. Voluntary euthanasia: causing a competent patient"s death in order to relive the patient"s suffering. Assisted suicide: suicide of a competent patient with the assistance of another who provides knowledge or the means of suicide. In the common law, competent people have the right to refuse any and all treatment. Many doctors worry the criminal code forbids refusal of treatment, even at the request of a competent person.
