Question

Sixty-year-old Carl has just been informed that he is terminally ill. Describe how he might engage in decision-making concerning end-of-life issues. Be sure to include a discussion of a possible final scenario.

Answer 1

For the sixty-year-old Carl who has just been informed that he is terminally ill. He might engage in decision-making concerning end-of-life issues based on his considerations in terms of the relief of suffering and the values and beliefs of the dying individual and his family. Based on the 1991 Patient Self-Determination Act passed by the US Congress; he can prepare an advance directive in which he may elect or choose to refuse life-extending and/or life-saving treatments; so that his life can be shortened; to shorten his suffering unto certain death.