These terms refer to end of life care and are clearly written in a legal document to withhold advance life supportive measures (Braddock & Derbenwick-Clark, 2014). Surrogate decision-making or known as healthcare proxy, are appointed voices for the patient who have become incompetent; “Physicians should recognize the proxy or surrogate as an extension of the patient, entitled to the same respect as the competent patient” (American Medical Association, 2015). Ordinary care and extraordinary care refers to the level of how invasive the procedure is, leading to legal ramifications thus, falling under what has been deemed as “bioethical” treatments and contemporary moral problems at the bedside (Texas Right to Life,
These terms refer to end of life care and are clearly written in a legal document to withhold advance life supportive measures (Braddock & Derbenwick-Clark, 2014). Surrogate decision-making or known as healthcare proxy, are appointed voices for the patient who have become incompetent; “Physicians should recognize the proxy or surrogate as an extension of the patient, entitled to the same respect as the competent patient” (American Medical Association, 2015). Ordinary care and extraordinary care refers to the level of how invasive the procedure is, leading to legal ramifications thus, falling under what has been deemed as “bioethical” treatments and contemporary moral problems at the bedside (Texas Right to Life,