Know Nursing Law
In September 1993, in a case involving the failure of a nurse to administer a prescribed heparin injection to a patient, causing permanent damage from … Read more
Persistent Vegetative State
How to Make a Free Living Will
A Living Will is a legal document that specifies what you would want done if you are ever in a persistent vegetative state. For instance, … Read more
Should Doctors Be Able to Refuse Demands for “Futile” Treatment?
The main debate concerns situations in which patients, or in many cases their family members, request treatment at the end of life that many physicians … Read more
What Terri Schiavo and the Quarter Brained Man Have in Common
Many of you are probably aware of the Terri Schiavo case which was in the news in 2005. Terri was in a persistent vegetative state, … Read more
The Controversy of Euthanasia
God created the world in six days. The first five days he created the sky, land and vegetation, the sun, moon and stars, the sea, … Read more