Karen Ann Quinlan, a twenty-two year old from New Jersey, went to a party, took diazepam and dextropropoxyphene, and consumed alcohol. Later that night, she went into a coma and was in and out of vegetative state for months. Her parents then asked the doctors to take her off the ventilator so she could die peacefully, but the physicians refused. They took the situation to the courts and won so Karen was removed from the ventilator, and slowly died nine years later from pneumonia (Byrne). The doctors
A young girl Karen Ann Quinlan on April 15, 1975, slipped into a coma and her case began a major debate about “the right to die”. The defendant’s, in this case, are the doctors and hospital officials and the plaintiffs are the parents Mr. Joseph and Mrs. Julia Quinlan. One night Karen Quinlan hung out with friends and during the night she drank and took tranquilizers that made her pass out. Karen was taken to a hospital in New Jersey that night and shortly after she went into a coma which lasted
Introduction As an advanced practice nurse, one is bound to be faced with various ethical legal dilemmas that in most cases require urgent decision making that involve both moral and ethical considerations. Ethical dilemmas are basically situations where there are two available courses of action that completely contradict each other. The nurse has no choice but to make a decision between the two choices because each of the two decision choices is equally urgent and each of them seems to be the right
Valerie Harper was found unconscious and transported to a local hospital on Wednesday night. The actress was part of the play "Nice Work If You Can Get It" at the Ogunquit Playhouse in Maine and had fans waiting to see her in the audience. According to FOX News on Thursday, the actress collapsed back stage and emergency personnel was brought in as she was unconscious. Sources in the report suggest that the situation "doesn't look good." The situation has some fans wondering if she has been working
Theresa Marie Schiavo's case is very complicated to determine if the right decisions were taken, when it all came to keep hope on someone's life or just let that person die because of a brain damage due to lack of oxygen to her brain for several minutes. This tragic event occurred in a not very clear situation, where some still have doubts about what could cause this illness to Terri, where the husband, Michael Schavio was the only witness or the person responsible for Terri's illness. Even more
Case 10 D In this case we are introduce to a 38-year-old patient who suffer a car accident around eight years ago. During the car accident he suffer an aorta rupture that left him in a persistent vegetative state (PVS). Over the past five years Bob has been taken care for at a Catholic nursing home were he receives tube feeding, fluids and treatments for complications of his state. Recently his wife Lola and Bob’s parents have decided that they would want to discontinue Bobs feeding tube. The physician
Case: Bush v. Schiavo. 885 So. 2d 321 (Fla. 2004) Facts: Theresa Schiavo suffered cardiac arrest on February 25, 1990 which caused her to be in persistent vegetative state for eight years. Her husband (plaintiff), Michael Schiavo, petitioned to terminate the prolonging life procedures, which meant going against Theresa's parents, Mary and Robert Schindler, by removing her nutrition and hydration tubes that will also discontinue Theresa's life. Theresa has lived in nursing homes with constant care
make the decision of life or death for patients that will never leave a permanent vegetative state? Lester and Joyce Cruzan faced an issue no parent ever wants to face after their daughter, Nancy was in a horrific car accident that left her in a persistent vegetative state. On January 11, 1983 Nancy Cruzan lost control of her vehicle and was ejected from the car. She was found face down in a ditch with no pulse or breathing, paramedics were able to resuscitate her. “The Missouri trial court in this
The Act that was passed six days after Theresa was removed from life support authorized the governor to issue a stay where nutrition and hydration were withheld from a patient who, as of October 2003: did not have an advance directive, was in a “persistent vegetative state,” had been removed
One of the most adamant groups in favor of assisted suicide is the Gay Men 's Health Crisis. They released the quote "The fact that the circumstances of the disabled population are, as a whole, far less than ideal in this country, and are likely never to be perfect, is no justification for depriving those who have a terminal illness of the right to end their suffering. These individuals are entirely capable of making rational decisions." They feel that even though a person may be destined to die
“Sustainable agriculture is the act of farming using principles of ecology, the study of relationships between organisms and their environment” The expression was composed by Australian agricultural scientist Gordan McClymont. It has been defined as “an intergrated system of plant and animal production practices having a site-specific application that will last over the long term. Eg: • Satisfy human food and fiber needs • Appreciate environmental quality and the natural resource based upon
Introduction: Researching organic foods and whether they are better than conventional and genetically modified foods. What does the term “Organic” mean? It simply means that the produce is grown without the use of pesticides, synthetic fertilisers, genetic modification or ionising radiation. With animals it means that those animals do not ingest any grown hormones or antibiotics. Organic foods are produced by organic farmers who emphasise the use of renewable resources and the conservation of soil
Introduction: “Sustainable agriculture is the efficient production of safe high quality agricultural products, in a way that protects and improves the natural environment the social and economic conditions of farmers their employees and local communities and safe guard the health and welfare of all farmed species“ There are three main principles of sustainable agriculture, the three principles are: 1. Economic sustainability 2. Environmental sustainability 3. Social sustainability With the human
Expanding a business is key to increasing revenues and market penetration. There are two ways a company can grow, organic and inorganic growth. Organic growth occurs when a company increases sales and gains new customers utilizing the existing business (Davis - Growing a company by international acquisition, 2008). Organic growth could happen through increased marketing efforts or promotions. For instance, many businesses use online services, such as Groupon or RetailMeNot, to send targeted to promotions
Introduction: In this task, a scenario of a food company “Planet Preserve” is given to design new strategy for the success of the business. In this I am working as a Client Manager for Planet Preserve Planer Preserve: Planer Preserve is a company that deals with fruits and preserved food products and Leslie want to expand the business to increase the profit . Strategies to expand business: Expanding the business is necessary to increase the profit and to maintine the business alive. For expanding
Organic products are sold at an increased price compared to the common conventional fruits and vegetables sold in stores around the world. However, most people don’t think they deserve to be priced any higher than those ordinary conventional products. There isn’t even that much of a difference between the two. Organic foods are not worth it because there isn’t any difference in quality, the markup on them is way too high, and there are only small differences in nutritional value. In organic foods
The purpose of this experiment is to find the most of effective amount of fertilizer to grow algae in, while light conditions stay consistent. This information will provide potential algae farmers the ideal ratio for growing algae, a multi use crop. Algae is a broad term for a single celled phytoplankton on the bottom of marine food chains. These organisms are phototrophs, they make their own food using chlorophyll and other pigments, and provide food for the rest of the aquatic food chain. While
But as it was understood above, globalisation as its pros and cons. And with all these advantages, faster and cheaper it is not always suitable and appropriate. In the past years, our society has adopted a consumerist style, one example it’s the clothes we buy and wear. Fast-fashion has been a preoccupied subject nowadays. Fast-fashion clothes are made from popular trends presented in runways of well-known brands, they are supposed to sell quickly at prices incredibly low. These cheap items allow
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University MM 4772 Product Management Presentation 2 – Written Report Decline Stage Program Code: 45087 LAU Yun Lung 13029542D LIU Kai Hei 13028941D LO Kit Chung 13029245D SIE Karen 13089094D Wan Ho Fung, Joseph 13029077D Yu Kwan Ching 13029146D Executive Summary Converse Chuck Taylors’ series used five types of strategy. For fashion strategy, Chuck use deep and narrow product line approach with unique selling proposition of simple design
In three of the world's oldest civilizations, the development of Agriculture proved surprisingly similar. Despite long distances between each culture, especially in the case of Mesoamerica, all three developed “staple” crops that proved very important for their food sources (BBC, FAO, Nair, National Geographic). While China and the Indus River Valley domesticated various animals for food, Mesoamerica did not rely on domesticated animals nearly as much (BBC, Nair), not even for labor (FAO). Although