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In addition to the topic
study materials, use the chart you completed and questions you answered in the
Topic 3 about “Case Study: Healing and Autonomy” as the basis for
your responses in this assignment.
Answer the following
questions about a patient’s spiritual needs in light of the Christian
worldview.
1. In
200-250 words, respond to the following: Should the physician allow Mike to
continue making decisions that seem to him to be irrational and harmful to
James, or would that mean a disrespect of a patient’s autonomy? Explain your
rationale.
2. In
400-500 words, respond to the following: How ought the Christian think about
sickness and health? How should a Christian think about medical intervention?
What should Mike as a Christian do? How should he reason about trusting God and
treating James in relation to what is truly honoring the principles of
beneficence and nonmaleficence in James’s care?
3. In
200-250 words, respond to the following: How would a spiritual needs assessment
help the physician assist Mike determine appropriate interventions for James
and for his family or others involved in his care?
Remember to support your
responses with the topic study materials.
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Case Study: Healing and
Autonomy
Mike and Joanne are the parents of James and Samuel,
identical twins born 8 years ago. James is currently suffering from acute
glomerulonephritis, kidney failure. James was originally brought into the
hospital for complications associated with a strep throat infection. The spread
of the A streptococcus infection led to the subsequent kidney failure. James’s
condition was acute enough to warrant immediate treatment. Usually cases of
acute glomerulonephritis caused by strep infection tend to improve on their own
or with an antibiotic. However, James also had elevated blood pressure and
enough fluid buildup that required temporary dialysis to relieve.
The attending physician suggested immediate dialysis. After
some time of discussion with Joanne, Mike informs the physician that they are
going to forego the dialysis and place their faith in God. Mike and Joanne had
been moved by a sermon their pastor had given a week ago, and also had
witnessed a close friend regain mobility when she was prayed over at a healing
service after a serious stroke. They thought it more prudent to take James immediately
to a faith healing service instead of putting James through multiple rounds of
dialysis. Yet, Mike and Joanne agreed to return to the hospital after the faith
healing services later in the week, and in hopes that James would be healed by
then.
Two days later the family returned and was forced to place
James on dialysis, as his condition had deteriorated. Mike felt perplexed and
tormented by his decision to not treat James earlier. Had he not enough faith?
Was God punishing him or James? To make matters worse, James’s kidneys had
deteriorated such that his dialysis was now not a temporary matter and was in
need of a kidney transplant. Crushed and desperate, Mike and Joanne immediately
offered to donate one of their own kidneys to James, but they were not
compatible donors. Over the next few weeks, amidst daily rounds of dialysis,
some of their close friends and church members also offered to donate a kidney
to James. However, none of them were tissue matches.
James’s nephrologist called to schedule a private
appointment with Mike and Joanne. James was stable, given the regular dialysis,
but would require a kidney transplant within the year. Given the desperate
situation, the nephrologist informed Mike and Joanne of a donor that was an
ideal tissue match, but as of yet had not been considered—James’s brother
Samuel.
Mike vacillates and struggles to decide whether he should
have his other son Samuel lose a kidney or perhaps wait for God to do a miracle
this time around. Perhaps this is where the real testing of his faith will come
in? Mike reasons, “This time around it is a matter of life and death. What
could require greater faith than that?”

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