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Part 1: Chart (60 points)
Based on the “Healing and Autonomy” case study, fill out all the relevant boxes below. Provide the information by means of bullet points or a well-structured paragraph in the box. Gather as much data as possible.
| Medical Indications
Beneficence and Nonmaleficence |
Patient Preferences
Autonomy |
| The information provided by medical indicators is reliable, which aids in the correct diagnosis of patient health problems and the selection of the most effective therapy. Thus, beneficence emphasizes doing what’s best for others, whereas nonmaleficence is a symbol of the requirement to avoid doing anything that can cause damage (Bester, 2020). Mike and Joanne were doing what was best for James in this case study by doing what they could to help him get better from his glomerulonephritis. Although they knew that delaying James’s treatment could worsen his health, their behavior did not show any malice or desire to hurt him. They were Christians who believed that their child might be healed from his stroke after hearing about another patient’s miraculous recovery. And then, after being dissatisfied, they did come back for medical help. | When it comes to achieving the clinical outcomes that are important to the patient, their choices are the defining factor. The ability to make a choice based on one’s own knowledge and values without external influence is important to autonomy (Molina-Mula & Gallo-Estrada, 2020). James, being a minor, lacks the capacity to make decisions regarding his treatment. James’s guardians, however, are entitled to the ability to make choices that are in his best interest. When doing so, it would have been helpful to involve James and hear his perspective on his guardians’ choice to reject drugs in favor of miracles. |
| Quality of Life
Beneficence, Nonmaleficence, Autonomy |
Contextual Features
Justice and Fairness |
| To improve a patient’s quality of life, medical professionals must employ strategies supported by scientific evidence to restore him to his pre-illness level of health or improve upon it. Dialysis at the facility helped James a lot. Since James needs a kidney transplant, we must make yet another important choice. On this occasion, however, the only two compatible donors are brothers James and Samuel, so they’ll need to discuss the prospect of Samuel donating a kidney to James. Even more importantly, the parents need to take care of James in a way that is in his best interest and in accordance with the advice of his doctor. | To enhance the patient’s health, legal, social, and family decisions must be made within a context. Fairness and justice are crucial in bioethics because they examine fundamental principles like equality and fair treatment (Dige, 2019). James’s parents and doctors must shoulder the burden of decision-making about his care because he is just eight years old. His parents have a say in his care by choosing to rely on faith healing rather than conventional medicine. James needed a kidney transplant, and despite their initial disappointment, they returned to the point of offering to give him a kidney. When his brother Samuel is the only suitable candidate, though, they express hesitation. When there is a conflict of interest like this, fairness and justice are derailed. |
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