HSM 542 Health Rights and Responsibilities Week 2 You decide Assignment Margie Whitson Case 2 all Correct Answers Graded A

HSM 542 Health Rights and Responsibilities Week 2 You decide Assignment Margie Whitson Case 2 all Correct Answers Graded A Identification Margie Whitson is a 95 year old patient who is being kept alive with a pacemaker. In the past five years she has experienced a great deal of loss with the pass of her son and husband. Margie believes that the only reason she is alive is due to the pace maker which is only prolonging her existence. She feels that she should have the right to turn the pacemaker off and end her life. There is a moral dilemma present in this situation in which maintaining Margie’s life by refusing to turn off the pacemaker is prolonging her pain and anguish. However, turning off the pacemaker would violate professional ethics of the doctor and hospital. This situation is a conflict between personal and professional ethics.