Summary C426 Washington University Paradigm.docx.

C426 Healthcare Values & Ethics Task 1: Questions Derived from the Washington University Paradigm QUESTIONS DERIVED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON PARADIGM Course of Action One – Follow Bashir’s Wishes MEDICAL INDICATIONS The Principles of Beneficence and Non-maleficence • What is the patient’s medical problem? Is the problem acute? Chronic? Critical? Reversible? Emergent? Terminal? The patient suffered a heart attack and fall. The problem is emergent, acute, and will be terminal if l...