Reflection On Mr Laurie Strike
This Reflective paper is about Mr. Laurie Strike, 84 year old male, a terminally ill patient. He was first diagnosed with melanoma in 2010 and since then undergone many treatments. However, his condition deteriorated over a period of time and now he wants to end his life. Even though, his family and friends were upset with his decision, now they are reconciled to his will. Mr. Strike says that his quality of life worsened by living with a colostomy bag and catheter. His mobility and daily functioning is limited. Due to this circumstance, Mr. Strike, wants to have a voluntary Euthanasia.
1. DEATH IN THE SOCIAL CONTEXT
Death is always an inevitable event in our life. When it comes to people who suffer terminal illness it is more complicated. …show more content…
As per Mr Strike, he is totally disappointed with his present life. He had several surgeries and treatment. Since last 14 years, he has been suffered all these pain to settle his affairs and family. Now he is happy with everything he had done in the past and do not want to drag his painful life anymore. Mr Strike wants to end his life even he knows his days are counted. At the same time, he is strongly opposing suicide. Through this interview with Mr. Strike, the media highlights the demand of Euthanasia in people with long term terminal illness and their depressed living and desire for a dignified death. This media report also helps such a patient to express his emotions and concerns to the public which calls for attention from concerned people. In palliative care, the caregivers always should respect the patient’s emotions and they have to follow the ‘Standards for providing quality palliative care for all Australians’. Patients and caregivers should know about their rights and responsibilities. Proper education and counselling will help them to an extent to solve their …show more content…
This is very important because these aspects helps patient to cope during the illness. It is also equally important to provide the counseling to the patient’s family members to cope with the illness situation. However, it is not clear from the media report that if Mr. Strike or his family members received the psychological or spiritual counseling and support. May be, in this case, neither Mr. Strike nor his family members received this aspect of palliative care. That is one reason why Mr. Strike wants to pass away even though he has life to live. This may be the reason why his family members were reconciled to his demand, even though they were initially upset with the decision. As per the standard number 8, ‘standards for providing quality palliative care’, the patient and family should get appropriate counseling and support service to cope with the illness
1. DEATH IN THE SOCIAL CONTEXT
Death is always an inevitable event in our life. When it comes to people who suffer terminal illness it is more complicated. …show more content…
As per Mr Strike, he is totally disappointed with his present life. He had several surgeries and treatment. Since last 14 years, he has been suffered all these pain to settle his affairs and family. Now he is happy with everything he had done in the past and do not want to drag his painful life anymore. Mr Strike wants to end his life even he knows his days are counted. At the same time, he is strongly opposing suicide. Through this interview with Mr. Strike, the media highlights the demand of Euthanasia in people with long term terminal illness and their depressed living and desire for a dignified death. This media report also helps such a patient to express his emotions and concerns to the public which calls for attention from concerned people. In palliative care, the caregivers always should respect the patient’s emotions and they have to follow the ‘Standards for providing quality palliative care for all Australians’. Patients and caregivers should know about their rights and responsibilities. Proper education and counselling will help them to an extent to solve their …show more content…
This is very important because these aspects helps patient to cope during the illness. It is also equally important to provide the counseling to the patient’s family members to cope with the illness situation. However, it is not clear from the media report that if Mr. Strike or his family members received the psychological or spiritual counseling and support. May be, in this case, neither Mr. Strike nor his family members received this aspect of palliative care. That is one reason why Mr. Strike wants to pass away even though he has life to live. This may be the reason why his family members were reconciled to his demand, even though they were initially upset with the decision. As per the standard number 8, ‘standards for providing quality palliative care’, the patient and family should get appropriate counseling and support service to cope with the illness