Uniform Declaration of Death Act Paper
Determination of Death / Informed Consent
After studying the course materials located onModule 6: Lecture Materials & Resources page, answer the following:
Uniform Determination of Death Act (UDDA):
How this law was created
Legal definition of death, describe
Define dying within context of faith, basic principle about human life
Bioethical Analysis of Pain Management – Pain Relief
What is the difference between Pain and suffering? Explain
- Diagnosis / Prognosis: define both.
Ordinary / Extraordinary means of life support. Explain the bioethical analysis.
- Killing or allowing to die? Define both and explain which one is ethically correct and why?
- Catholic declaration on life and death; give a summary of this document: DECL LIFE DEATH FL CATH CONF.pdf
- What is free and informed consent from the Catholic perspective?
- Define Proxi, Surrogate
- Explain:
- Advance Directives
- Living Will
- PoA / Durable PoA
- DNR
Read and summarize ERD paragraphs #: 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 55, 59, 61, 62.