Read the case study titled A Legal and Ethical Dilemma, located on pages 463-465 of your text. Next, use the Internet or Strayer Library to research information on a patients right to die.
Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:
Describe the legal and ethical dilemma discussed in the case study. Analyze the key ways in which a patients right to die relates to this specific case.
From your research, specify the potential repercussions for failure to comply with the wishes of a patient who has requested to withhold a life-sustaining procedure. Next, take a position on whether the patients right to die or the patients right to be protected from harm should take precedence in this case. Provide a rationale for your position.
Imagine that you are a part of the ethics committee investigating this case. Determine the main facts pertaining to the issue that the committee should consider. Suggest one (1) step that the facility should take next in order to resolve the dilemma. Provide a rationale for your response.
Use at least three (3) quality academic resources
