Assignment: "The Vanishing Line Video"
• What is the significance of the title of the video - "The Vanishing Line?"
• What problems can arise in patient care/communication at the end-of-life phase due to physicians' lack of training in death and dying?
• Why did the resident physician say, "I felt helpless while watching the patient die alone in the room?"
• Child in the Bed in PVS State: Provide arguments for and against the medical team working to resuscitate the near-drowning victim for 45 minutes.
• Describe how the medical system can sometimes be at odds with the desires of the patient/family.
• Describe why some patients and their families can feel "intimidated by the health care system."
• Provide arguments for and against extending a person's life via medical technology when the patient is diagnosed as "terminally ill." What would be your wishes if you were in this situation? Why?
• What could Jim and Kaye have done differently to ensure that Kaye's end of life wishes for medical care would have been followed? What three documents delineate patients' wishes for end-of-life medical care?
Format your assignment according to the give formatting requirements:
• The answer must be using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, typed, with one-inch margins on all sides.
• The response also includes a cover page containing the student's name, the title of the assignment, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
• Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.