PHL281H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Advance Healthcare Directive, Cochlear Implant, Fetus
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5. hard to enforce need some sort of advocate oversight of advocate conflicts with family: what of those without an instruction directive. 1. sometimes the next of kin does not have insight into patient"s values (if estranged) Example- parents who want an adult child to die in a manner that befits a religion that. Need some kind of oversight but need someone to trigger this and get the boards. Perhaps from hospital ethics board of professional tribunal. 11-year-old new credit first nation diagnosed with leukemia refused chemotherapy (high chance of success) for alternative treatment in florida died january 19, 2015. Thompson treat the fetus as if it is a person. Justified paternalism parents must act in the best interest of their children which interests experiential interests provide food and shelter: make sure the child is safe (we cannot beat our children, for example)
