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Ethical Analyses of Issues |
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Lawrence.Ulrich@notes.udayton.edu |
| Ulrich, LP. "Advance Directives."
examines (1) the nature of advance directives, (2) general problems with advance directives, (3) advantages and disadvantages of advance directives, (4) how to write an advance directive, and (5) the content that might be included in an advance directive. For specific state laws and forms for advance directives go to http://www.caringinfo.org and find your state. |
| Ulrich, LP. "The Assertion of Personal
Dignity."
examines the comcept of dignity in terms of its source and the various components which comprise the dignity of individuals. |
| Ulrich, LP. "The Case of Nancy Cruzan."
examines the ethical issues raised in this case, particularly the right of a patient to refuse treatment under the 14th amendment, the role and importance of advance directives, and the medical character of artificially administered nutrition and hydration. For the US Supreme Court legal decision in this case CLICK HERE. For the Missouri Supreme Court legal decision CLICK HERE. |
| Ulrich, LP. "The Case of Karen
Quinlan."
examines the right of a patient (under the right to privacy) in a persistent vegetative state to refuse treatment and the right of a surrogate to speak for the patient. For the legal decision in this case CLICK HERE. |
| Ulrich, LP. "The Case of Mr. Bartling."
examines the right of a competent and non-terminal patient to refuse treatment. For the legal decision in this case CLICK HERE. |
| Ulrich, LP. "Clinical Futility."
examines various definitions of "futility" including medical, personally- determined and clinical futility; distinguishes between futile and inadvisable treatments; uses CPR/DNR as a model for making decisions about futility. |
| Ulrich, LP. "Decisional Capacity."
examines the role of decisional capacity in the dynamics of informed consent and four significant features that can be used to make determinations about decisional capacity. |
| Ulrich, LP. "Demands for Treatment."
distinguishes the claim to a "right to demand treatment" from the right to refuse treatment; relates this matter to the notion of futility. |
| Ulrich, LP. "Ethical Principles in Healthcare
Ethics."
analyzes the principles of autonomy, beneficence, justice and parentalism and applies them to various healthcare situations. |
| Ulrich, LP. "Ethical Systems in Healthcare
Ethics."
analyzes the systems of natural law, divine command ethics, deontology, utilitarianism, virtue ethics, and feminist ethics and applies them to a variaety of healthcare situtations. |
| "Futility Policy: A Sample of the Possible."
presents an example of a policy governing decisions about futile care by setting forth general principles, topics to be addressed when discussing futile care decisions with patients, procedures for implmenting decisions on futility, recourses in case of disagreements when discussing futility, and related definitions. |
| Ulrich, LP. "Informed Consent."
examines the principles underlying informed consent, the requirements for adequate informed consent, and the dynamics of informed consent particularly distinguishing between the event model and the process model of informed consent. |
| Ulrich, LP. "The Physician-Patient Relationship."
examines the fiduciary nature of the relationship, focusing on the development of trust between the parties and the ethical principles that guide the relationship. |
| Ulrich, LP. "The Requirements of the Patient
Self-Determination Act."
identifies the range of requirements of the Patient Self-Determination Act forcusing on the right to refuse treatment and the role of advance directives in patient care. |
| Ulrich, LP. "The Right to Refuse Treatment."
presents the legal position and ethical foundations for the right to refuse treatment. |
| Ulrich, LP. "The Role of the Virtues
in Conducting the Moral Life."
analyzes how the practice of virtue fits into the context of personal dignity; presents a sample list of the virtues that animate both patients and caregivers. |