Question

1. Compare and contrast: Durable Power of Attorney and a Living Will.
2. Explain how the phenomenon of death and dying has changed as medicine and culture has changed over time.
3. From the patient’s perspective, explain Palliative care.
4. Explain in your own words; the cultural competence continuum
5. Explain how the triple aim of the affordable care act has changed health care as we know it in the US.

Answer 1

Question :Compare and contrast: Durable power of attorney and a living will

Answer:    

1. A living will presents decisions you've made ahead of time regarding your own end-of-life.

2. Durable power of attorney names the person who can make financial or health care decisions for you.

Similarities:

Both a living will and a durable power of attorney in healthcare allow a client to choose someone he/ she trust to make certain medical choices on his / her behalf. Client must be at least 18 to create either document and must be of sound mind. That means no one is allowed to coerce him / her into making a living will or durable power of attorney.

Differences:
A living will is limited to deathbed concerns only, and is used to declare clients desire to not have life-prolonging measures be taken if there’s no hope of recovery, for example, in the event of brain death or terminal illness.

A durable power of attorney for healthcare, on the other hand, covers all health care decisions, and lasts only as long as the client are incapable of making decisions for himself / herself. However, he/ she can set out specific provisions in the Power of Attorney telling an agent / person how he/ she would like them to act in regards to deathbed issu