Autism and Blood Cancer Treatments

A 30-year-old woman, Ginger, is in the clinic, having been diagnosed several years ago with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS, a blood disorder). There is a high chance that the disease will progress to acute myeloid leukemia (AML), with lower chance of survival, so physicians had started chemotherapy. This leads to

  • What are other treatment decisions and dilemmas which become ethically complex?
  • Who and how should those decisions be made?

Apply Theory (Specific Professional Healthcare Competencies + Clinical Medical Ethical Principles) to Practice in order to provide Optimal Patient-Centered Care (OPCC)