HA 525 Health Law Assignment- Kaplan University
Text Book: The Law of Healthcare Administration by Showalter, 8th edition (2017), ISBN: 978-1567938760.
These pages focus on two cases: In re Quinlan and the Terri Schiavo case. While the cases do focus on devastating and emotionally charged situations, please consider the importance of the advance directives in such circumstances and how having such instruments available in the Quinlan and Schiavo case would have impacted the families and the outcome of each case.
After reading both cases, please discuss the following:
1) As a health administrator, discuss the importance of securing advance directives at the time of inpatient registration or emergency care.
2) As a health administrator, discuss how advance directives would have facilitated care in the Quinlan and Schiavo cases.
3) Include in your initial post, the reasons why patients neglect or overlook creating such instruments.
4) Finally, who speaks for patients when the patient is not able to make their wishes known? Further, is this, in your view, patient self-determination? Explain.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
i) The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
ii) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
iii) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.