Case Scenario 1
Mr. Takahashi is an 81-year-old, cisgender, gay male diagnosed with Vascular Dementia following a significant stroke six months ago. The progression of the disease was sudden. He lost the ability to speak, write, or walk. He can no longer communicate his needs or carry out most activities of daily living.
Mr. Takahashi resides at home with his partner, Mr. Lee. Mr. Takahashi attends a daycare center for older adults 5 days a week. Mr. Takahashi and Mr. Lee have been together for 20 years but never married. Mr. Takahashi’s primary care provider informed Mr. Lee, Mr. Takahashi’s biological children, and the daycare center staff that Mr. Takahashi cannot make informed medical decisions for himself. Mr. Takahashi’s daughter informed the staff at the daycare center that she and Mr. Takahashi’s biological children request they not provide any life-sustaining or life-prolonging interventions (e.g., cardiopulmonary resuscitation) in case Mr. Takahashi has a life-threatening medical event (e.g., heart attack, stroke). Mr. Lee disagrees with Mr. Takahashi’s children and requested that the staff provide life-sustaining interventions in case of life-threatening medical events. Mr. Takahashi does not have an advanced healthcare directive. Mr. Takahashi’s daughter insists that before his condition, Mr. Takahashi stated that he did not wish for any life-prolonging treatment or assistance. Mr. Lee disagreed and explained that Mr. Takahashi never articulated this wish to him or their friends.
Purpose
This assignment aims to have you apply a systematic approach to address and resolve ethical dilemmas in social work practice.
Course Outcomes
This assignment provides documentation of student ability to meet the following course outcomes:
CO 1: Analyze ethical dilemmas using multiple frameworks, including the NASW Code of Ethics, various ethical principles models, and anti-racist perspectives (Competency 1).
Due Date
Students must complete the Week 2 Applying the Ten-Step Ethical Decision-Making Model Assignment by Sunday at 11:59 p.m. MT.
Late Assignment Policy
Students are expected to submit assignments by the due date. Assignments submitted after the due date and time will receive an automatic deduction.
Total Points Possible
This assignment is worth 150 points.
Preparing the Assignment
Complete the Week 2 Assignment by following the steps below.
Choose one of the two scenarios described below and apply the ten-step ethical decision-making model using this worksheet Download worksheetOpen this document with ReadSpeaker docReader.
Answer all questions with explanation and detail.
Include at least three scholarly references.
Include in-text citations.
Complete all sections of the worksheet.