Applying the Four Principles Case Study Part 1: Chart (60 points) Based on the “Healing and Autonomy” case study, fill out all the relevant boxes below. Provide the information by means of bullet points or a well-structured paragraph in the box. Gather as much data as possible.
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Medical Indications Beneficence and Nonmaleficence |
Patient Preferences Autonomy |
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● The physician must ensure that they have done everything possible for the good health of the patient. This also means that they need to wear out all options to makes sure that the health of the patient has improved or his life is prolonged. This happened when James father considered convincing James brother to donate kidney. |
● The patient should not be coerced to treatment that they do not want. Even though there was a perfect match for kidney transplant, it is important that the physician allowed James to have faith in spiritual healing until the time he would think otherwise and consent for a transplant. |
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Quality of Life Beneficence, Nonmaleficence, Autonomy |
Contextual Features Justice and Fairness |
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● James father would have consented to the transplant and convinced his other some to donate one kidney for a transplant, when James life came to very near danger. |
● The physicians needs to do the right thing, which is to ensure that the patient is healed. However, it is also required that the physician listen’s to the patients decision to believe on faith healing as a Christian. Denying them the right to faith healing would be wrong and unfair, however, the right and just thing to do is to convince the patient to undergo a transplant. |