support PAS and VAE. Patient Autonomy is one of the two major arguments for PAS and VAE. Important matters such as life, death, and suffering require people’s self-determination (Arras, 1997). The other is that PAS and VAE are considered to be merciful because they relieve terminally ill patients of their painful and protracted death. It prevents the possibility of dying in chronic, uncontrolled pain, without dignity and control over one’s body. As in the Quill (1991) case, some patients rather dying at
make decisions for her if she became unable to do so herself. Although the dependence might have been unwanted, it became required. This leads to the ethical issue as to when is someone else able to decide what is best for a patient while still trying to provide the patient with autonomy and respect their
relates to the psychological and physiological variations of a non-pathological fear response to a dentist’s appointment or treatment. Individuals who cancels, avoids, or postpones dental visits are the anxious patients (Bhola and Malhotra, 2014).It is a major dilemma in pediatric dental practice and it exists in a considerable proportion of children and adolescents. According to the study of Gao et al (2013), about 6-15% of the world's adult population avoids dental care due to dental anxiety
literature cited in the review of literature section is not all within the last 5 years. The review of literature does provide rationale and direction for the study. It summarizes the previous failed attempts to create a fall-risk scale for pediatric patients. It provides the reader with the sense that the researchers want to come up with a new fall risk assessment tool for children in hospitals. Razmus and colleagues (2006) found that the adult tools
complications is real. Careful, thorough, and meticulous care in the diagnosis and treatment of fistulous abscesses will result in successful outcomes in most cases. Perirectal and perianal abscess are commonly encountered problems in surgical practice. Timely and appropriate treatment is needed to prevent serious morbidity and mortality. Differentiation of the more complex perirectal abscess from the perianal abscess is crucial. Pathophysiology Perirectal abscess arises from infection of the mucus-secreting
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