Question

In 1973, Dax Cowart was involved in an accident and suffered the loss of both hands, eyes, and ears, and two-thirds of his skin area. The accident also killed his father. Dax spent 232 days hospitalized in a burn unit, followed by another 6 months at other post-acute settings. Throughout his ordeal, he repeatedly insisted that treatment be discontinued and that he be allowed to die. You are to research the story of Dax Cowart and respond to the following questions: Briefly describe Dax's initial situation and his beliefs. Did Dax have the moral or the legal right to refuse care? Was Dax competent to make a decision? Were the physicians paternalistic? Were there any violations of the 7 universal principles of ethics? If so, what were they and how were they exhibited? Should the mother have been allowed to make the decisions for her son, in view of having just lost her husband? Why or why not? What are Dax's beliefs in recent years? . Paper should be at least 3-4 typed, double spaced pages. College level writing using APA formatting is expected. A cover page and reference page, with at least 3 scholarly references, is required. Title page and reference page do not count for the 3-4 pages of content.

Answer 1

In 1973 Cowart Met with an accident by a severe gas leak in the air made fire, he and his father severely injured, burned and disfigured. Coward lost his father, he also lost his arms, eyes and all most all the skin in his body. cowart survived and he underwent for forced treatment for 10 months...He suffered a lot with severe pain and cowart begged his doctors to die but they refused. They did often application and removal of the bandage in sensitive skin areas, chlorinated bath which made more painful in the exposed skin, removed the dead skin with sharp instruments. It is skinned alive on a regular basis. he tried suicide attempt on many occasions it was not successful. The Cowart was blind with no arms. Cowart in medical malpractice involving breaches on patient autonomy. He was fighting for his rights of patients due to his own experience he had in-hospital treatment. The care towards the structure of medicine and the rights for occupying that he was a champion of patients right. Afforney towards patient for empathy, understanding, compassion, and emotional feeling make us a human.
Dax has the legal right to refuse care. Refusal of treatment can be patient cope up with the treatment it is called living will or natural death. Individual right to refuse treatment for the terminally ill which makes an advance decision. patient having rights to refuse their treatment it is a universal right, it was applicable in some countries.
Individual autonomy and self=determination on the right to accept or refuse the treatment can be with some situation with standards. competence includes having the ability to make decisions and prepare a will having the mental capacity to act towards legal recognition, psychology ability to understand, appreciate and manipulate information and make rational decisions. Dax having general ability to make rational for his treatment and having logic and having decision -making capacity to make concern in his proposed medical treatment, but medical condition by patient lack sophistication, patient whose is on pain or with a severe disability with their immediate experience will find some alternatives to face the disability.
physician paternalistic making decision when the patient having pain and suffer from illness as an immediate action physician making intervention by providing pain killer and some holistic alternatives.
Principles of ethics on patient autonomy on individual right of self-determination and freedom to make their own choices. the physician has to respect patient rights to make decisions. in this case autonomy restricted due to concern on patient well being. he is a young athletic man his quality of life was excellent before the accident. in the early weeks of his hospitalization, his mental capacity made a crucial decision for the nature of death.