Makala's Consent To Treatment Case Study

When should an adolescent’s autonomy be upheld? If the adolescent is in a life and death situation and can undergo treatment that may allow them to live, should she/he be forced to go through it against his/her will? Cassandra C., a 17 year old did not want chemotherapy for her life-threatening Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Cassandra believed that she had the right to forgo her chemotherapy treatment based on her autonomy; moreover, her mother supported her desire to not have chemotherapy. However, the State intervened, took her into custody, and forced her to go through the chemotherapy. As a result of the forced treatment, Cassandra's lymphoma is in recession. However, in this case, the right of autonomy outweighs the possible beneficence; it is more

"Was quickly discovered that melanoma had spread to her liver, kidney, stomach, and, finally, brain."

Leukemia is “a malignant progressive disease in which the bone marrow and other blood-forming organs produce increased numbers of immature or abnormal leukocytes. These suppress the production of normal blood cells, leading to anemia and other symptoms.”An estimated combined total of 162,020 people in the U.S. are expected to be diagnosed with leukemia, 60,192 people die, 14% live in remission and my father is just another statistic. When I was nine years old, my father was diagnosed with Leukemia, an illness that at the time I did not understand. This left my mother raising two kids and working two jobs to make ends meet. Throughout this time of never ending hospital visits, I experienced the kindness and care provided to us by my father’s doctors - something that until this day I will never forget.

If a service user refuses to give consent in a work setting as a healthcare assistant I must document the refusal first and foremost in the careplan and also inform the manager next I would gently explain to the service user that they are full within their rights to refuse consent but I would like to also inform them of the risks,benefits and potential life threatening consequences that may follow their decision as a result. I would fully ensure that they have clearly understood the decision they have made and that they have also understood what I have explained and documented inluding all the reasons of how,when and why the care is provided for them specifically and what the medication is for also. Finally I would kindly ask if the service

She died a few months later after doctors believed her treatments to be a success despite Lacks complaints of pain. During, this era doctors believed they always knew best and her complaints were ignored until it was too late and her cancer spread to her entire

The Ethical Issues in the Henrietta Lacks Case The Henrietta Lacks case is one that not many people are aware of. Henrietta was an African American woman, born in 1920, whose cancer cells were used for research without her knowledge. ("Henrietta Lacks bio," n.d.) Is it ethically acceptable to remove someone's cells and widely disperse it for advancements in medical research? Henrietta Lacks was unknowingly one of the most important people in history for her cancer cells that were used to form the HeLa cells.

Researches and doctors violated informed consent requirement they have to say to their patients. The Lacks family never knew what happened to their mother till years later. The book The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot the doctors and researchers took Henrietta’s cells without anyone's knowledge. The doctors took away her right of saying no because they didn't want to hear it. Henrietta’s daughter got talked into being tested for cancer, if though there wasn't a test for that. They took advantage of their patients to do research. According to Skloot Deborah said, “she’d heard that stories about Hopkins snatching black people for research, and sh read and article in Jet about the Tuskegee study that suggested doctors might

“[t]he court ruled that laws making physician-assisted death illegal violated Canadians’ constitutional rights in cases where an adult clearly consents to the termination of life and has a grievous and irremediable medical condition." (Larson)

The case of Elizabeth Bouvia v. Superior Court is a well-known case in the patient’s right to refuse treatment. Elizabeth Bouvia was born with cerebral palsy, which worsened, as she grew older and subsequently caused her to become a quadriplegic. She additionally developed severe degenerative arthritis that caused her to be in continuous unbearable pain. At the age of twenty-eight her condition had worsened to the point that she was said to be bed ridden and completely dependent on others for her activities of daily living. Although she had many physical challenges she was a

The decision of the Supreme Court could be considered ethically right. It was right to revoke the physicians’ decision, as it wasn’t in agreement with what the Canadian Health Care Consent act (HCCA) section 26 stipulates “A health practitioner shall not administer a treatment under section 25 if he has reasonable grounds to believe that the person, while capable and after attaining 16 years of age, expressed a wish applicable to the circumstances to refuse consent to the treatment.”3 Also, in medical ethics, it is the obligation of health care providers to allow the patients to make their own medical decisions. They should have autonomy in their decision making, that’s if they completely comprehend all the medical diagnosis, prognosis and all outcome of treatment options4. Starson had a full understanding of his options, he was fully

     At the age of 48, she is diagnosed with stage-four metastatic ovarian cancer. Dr. Kelekian wants her to take eight high-dose experimental chemotherapy treatments for eight months. He warns her that she will need to be "tough" to rely upon large reserves of inner courage and willpower.

II. Thesis: Today I have the opportunity to inform you all about the number one childhood cancer, Leukemia, and also the new technologies we are using to help combat this disease.

This case study, is about the 72-year-old first nation background lady, named Aadhna George Russo, who is suffering from multiple illness for the last ten years or so. She was diagnosed with hypertension and experienced a mild heart attack. Her blood sugar seemed to stabilize in recent months after her GP prescribed her Metformin and along with changing her diet but she has a leg ulcer which is not healing well and get worse even through a slight pressure. Also her weight is fluctuating recently. Furthermore, Russo, underwent a surgery two weeks ago to remove the tumour from her colon. Prior to the surgery, she lost her appetite and complained abdominal discomfort which resulted in her to go through a series of test that detected the tumour.

The Ayala Case presented in Case 2 from Chapter nine explains that Anissa “was diagnosed with chronic myelogenous leukemia (174),” at the age of sixteen. None of Anissa’s family members or candidates from the National Marrow Donor Program was a match with her bone marrow. The only option left was for Anissa’s parents to conceive a child with compatible bone marrow. “…The odds of having a child that could save Anissa’s life (175)” were only 6.4%. Against the low odds, Anissa’s parents had a child named Marissa-Eve that was compatible with Anissa’s bone marrow. At fourteen months, Marissa-Eve’s “bone marrow was used in a transplant to save Anissa’s life. Anissa’s life expectancy surpassed the original numbers she was given, which was three to

Jack woke up one morning not feeling well. He felt very weak and could not get out of bed. His mother decided to take him to the doctors. The doctors took many tests to figure out what was making him feel that way. After about an hour or two the doctors got the results back from a blood test. Results that would change Jack’s childhood for the worse. Jack has been diagnosed with Leukemia, a blood cancer. Of course, Jack was not sure what that meant but, his parents became worried beyond belief with the long road ahead of them. Scientists and researchers were all involved in the discovery of Leukemia cancer, which increased knowledge of this cancer, decreased deaths and discovered treatments, and started charity groups to fund research.