Decision making
Decision making may be viewed from a number of different perspectives such as psychological, ethics and ethical

decisions or personality and values based perspectives. In this assessment item you are required to draw on any ONE ofthese three perspectives, analyse the critical decisions evident in the case study (you can choose ONE ofthe movies €“ Erin Brockovich, Margin Call, OR Wall Street (the original movie)) in terms of relevant theories, models and frameworks and critically discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the decisions. You are also required to propose recommendations forthe case characters in terms of howthey might improve their decision
making in the future.
Case Studies

You should select oneofthese case studies (Movies) for analysis forAssessment 2. There will be some opportunities to viewthese movies on campus. Yo will be advised of screening details in an announcement on Blackboard and an email to your student email.There are two furtherways that you can view your selected movie:

(a) you can pay a few dollars and access a copy on-line,

(b) you can hire a copy to watch from a video store and again it will only cost a few dollars.

To get an idea ofwhat each movie is about watch a fewtrailers or clips on Youtube.

decision making

Project description
The case is that of a 35 year old white, single, female who was found on her bed stuporous and moaning by her father and mother with whom she lives. There was a note in the room written by her explaining that she had carefully considered her life and what was happening to her and that she wanted to die. There was evidence in the bathroom that she had most likely taken three bottles of different pills including barbiturates. The family immediately called the paramedics and the patient was taken to the nearby hospital emergency room. The physician was presented with the note and the bottles and since the patient was not fully unconscious began to insert a nasogastric tube to aspirate the contents of the stomach. As he was attempting to get the tube down, the patient became briefly more responsive and cried out that she didn’t want the tube, she didn’t want any treatment and that she wanted to be left alone and allowed to die. She moaned that she had left a note which said she wanted to die and she meant it. The family arrived in the next few minutes and informed the physician that she had not seemed depressed to them and she had never seen a psychiatrist but the medications were prescribed by her general physician. When told about what she had requested of the physician, the family urged that the doctor continue treatment.

What should he do next? The physician realized that if she had consumed the pills in the bottles she would most likely not survive without medical treatment and yet it seemed clear that she did not want any treatment.

The issue is whether the doctor must follow the request of the patient and stop treatment and allow her to die.

Please address the following questions:

1.) Does the principle of patient autonomy apply here?

2.) Can the physician perform a treatment against the consent of the patient?

3.) What is the responsibility of the ER physician in this matter?

4.) Must the physician be required to participate in completing an attempted suicide?

decision making

Project description
The case is that of a 35 year old white, single, female who was found on her bed stuporous and moaning by her father and mother with whom she lives. There was a note in the room written by her explaining that she had carefully considered her life and what was happening to her and that she wanted to die. There was evidence in the bathroom that she had most likely taken three bottles of different pills including barbiturates. The family immediately called the paramedics and the patient was taken to the nearby hospital emergency room. The physician was presented with the note and the bottles and since the patient was not fully unconscious began to insert a nasogastric tube to aspirate the contents of the stomach. As he was attempting to get the tube down, the patient became briefly more responsive and cried out that she didn’t want the tube, she didn’t want any treatment and that she wanted to be left alone and allowed to die. She moaned that she had left a note which said she wanted to die and she meant it. The family arrived in the next few minutes and informed the physician that she had not seemed depressed to them and she had never seen a psychiatrist but the medications were prescribed by her general physician. When told about what she had requested of the physician, the family urged that the doctor continue treatment.

What should he do next? The physician realized that if she had consumed the pills in the bottles she would most likely not survive without medical treatment and yet it seemed clear that she did not want any treatment.

The issue is whether the doctor must follow the request of the patient and stop treatment and allow her to die.

Please address the following questions:

1.) Does the principle of patient autonomy apply here?

2.) Can the physician perform a treatment against the consent of the patient?

3.) What is the responsibility of the ER physician in this matter?

4.) Must the physician be required to participate in completing an attempted suicide?