Posted: September 13th, 2017

Death at a New York Hospital and Advance Directives

Death at a New York Hospital and Advance Directives

Order Description

Advance Directives:

Objectives:

Explore the Patient Self-Determination Act, the living will, and the durable power of attorney for health care.
Review reasons for making advance directives.
Read Death at a New York Hospital by Englebert L. Schucking. Research legislation on Advance Directives and the Patient Self-Determination Act. Write a 2-3 page paper reviewing advance directives and their relationship to the article. Include your opinion regarding how the patient’s wishes in the article were or were not honored. The paper must be typed, double-spaced and must include APA style references. You must follow APA formatting style. See the Resources tab or the Virtual Library for APA references.

By Engelbert L. Schucking, Dr. rer.nat.
Wednesday, 5 p.m.
The double doors of the critical care unit in the kidney ward of the prestigious New York hospital stood wide open. Visitors, nurses,
and nurse’s aides walked in and out of the room, but I hardly noticed this busy traffic.