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PAS For Patients With a Family History of Alzheimer's - Coggle Diagram
PAS For Patients With a Family History of Alzheimer's
Ethics
Promoting well-being vs avoiding harm: Does prolonging the life of an alzheimers patient do more harm than good?
Slippery slope: Would legalizing PAS for alzheimers patients lead to a more widespread use of this procedure
How many more illnesses or contexts can this be applied to
Allowing people to die with dignity: is it ethical to deny patients the ability to choose PAS before they lose the ability to make decisions for themselves
Is it ethical to bring PAS up to patients when they are finding out their diagnoses or even before the effects of Alzheimer's kick in.
Should patients find information about PAS on their own or should it be brought up by doctors?
What safeguards should be put in place to protect those that may be coerced into opting for the PAS procudure?
If a patient did not opt for PAS but is clearly struggling with Alzheimer's, would it be ethical to go against their wishes to ease their suffering?
Social Implications
Would legalizing PAS help with the emotional and financial burden placed on families who care for Alzheimers patients?
How would this help with caregiver fatigue?
How do people of different backgrounds view PAS and how might that affect the way that policies are made in the US?
How might this affect the possibility of having these policies in place?
Could PAS policies be used in a way where patients could be coerced into opting for this procedure based on familial pressures?
How do we make sure that patients are not coerced into having the PAS procedure due to familial pressure?
How might the accessibility of PAS procedures change the projectory of Alzheimers treatments and studies?
Would this decrease the amount of studies being done on Alzheimers patients because PAS would be viewed as a "cure"
Would people that have Alzhiemers that did not opt for PAS be looked at differently or be discriminated against because they did not opt for PAS?
Authority
Should doctors get to have the final say in whether the patient has the PAS procedure or should the patient's preference be most important?
I personally think that the patient should have the final say but of course they would need to have approval by a doctor
How do/should legal frameworks define PAS and could exsisting laws be expanded to include those at risk for ALzheimers?
Are policies already in place that would offer PAS for Alzhiemers patients? Like is there already an option to preemptively opt for PAS?
Who should be allowed to make the decision for the patient to undergo PAS if the patient reaches a state where they can no longer advocate for themselves?
Should anyone other than the patient be allowed to make this decision?
What if the patient had previously discussed undergoing PAS but never got around to going through the process for themselves?
Autononomy
Preemtive choice: can individuals with a family history of ALzheimers came a preemptive choice to opt for PAS while still healthy?
If the patient seems content while in the later stages of life, should their wishes still be honored.
While they may be content, Alzheimer's progresses so rapidly and often patients can become a danger to themselves or others
When could the decision be made to opt for PAS?
Could someone at any point in their lifetime opt for PAS?
Can a person consent to the PAS procedure based on risk of the disease rather than it being a for sure thing
I think that people should be able to opt for this procedure in the case they happen to have Alzheimers.
Can people who may not have Alzheimers run in their family also opt for PAS in the small chance that they might have it in later stages of life?