Respecting autonomy in severely demented patients through advanced medical directives

• Main Author: Li, Xue Er
• Other Authors: Melvin Chen
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/73537
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper discusses the problem that Margo, a severely demented patient, faces when she has pneumonia. Pneumonia is easy to treat with the use of antibiotics, but if left untreated, it is lethal. The doctor has received her advanced medical directive (AMD), where she indicated that she would rej...