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Case Study – Moral Culpability for Respecting Patients’ Autonomy
This patient has a long history of IV drug abuse but communicates to the health team that his recent hospitalization ...
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Case Study –Too little, too late… almost
Angelie is tired and losing motivation. She feels hopeless and is struggling to find the passion that led her to ...
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Case Study – Trying to Honor Johnny’s Wishes
“I know I’m not doing well and that my time here is limited. So, I want you to promise me ...
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Case Study – Moral Dimensions of Medical Negligence
I should have been paying more attention. Should have insisted on either helping Lyle or finding a CNA to do ...
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Case Study – It’s been prescribed. She won’t take it. The Ethics of Non-Adherence
. . .her PCP notes that Peggy was prescribed blood pressure medication several years ago, which she has not been ...
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Case Study – Vaccinating Children
Anwar is a five-year old child who is eligible to get a recommended COVID vaccine recently approved for children 5-11 ...
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Case Study – The Noncompliant or Nonadherent Patient
Rick is a 78-year-old male patient, suffering from ESRD, among other ailments. Rick is known to the hospital staff as ...
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Case Study –God Wants Me to Suffer. Hospital Care and Religious Beliefs
Landon is a 47-year-old father of two who has a history of alcohol abuse but has been sober for over ...
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Case Study – Go Home and Die Alone. Social Isolation
Riley is a 42-year-old who identifies as male. He was admitted to the hospital for shortness of breath and kidney ...