Question

John has recently learned about advance directives in a healthcare legal aspects course he has taken. The information he has obtained, along with his knowledge of the Terri Schiavo case (2005) has convinced him of the benefits of executing an advance directive if he were to become incompetent. John is aware that his grandparents may not be informed about the purpose and function of advance directives which he now feels are important for them to consider.

1. What should John consider in deciding what type of advance directive is best for him?

2. What might John say to his grandparents about advance directives?

Answer 1

ADVANCE DIRECTIVE

• Advance directive is a legal statement.
• It states your wishes for health care in the event you couldn't make your wishes known
• It also can name a person whom you'd want to make decisions for you.

TYPES OF ADVANCE DIRECTIVES

1. LIVING WILLS
2. DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY

LIVING WILLS

• A living will states your wishes about the use of certain health treatments at the end of life
• eg: tube feeding or pain medication.
• You must have a life ending illness or be unconscious for the rest of life for a living will to be followed

DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY

• In this report, you name a person who will make health care choices for you if needed.
• You can also note which treatments you do and do not want

1. john should consider about the following situations:

• money spent by his grandparents
• there will be no pregress if he is on life supporting machines. machines will simply support life. when taken out of the machine, we are dead.
• grandparents health

according to the situation, john can select living will advance directive, because he can decide whether to use health treatments at the end of his life.

2.John can tell to his grandparents that he do not want to survive artificially without conscious.

• if he want to donate organs to another one who are in need, it will be a good decision. for that advance directive is good.