In this module, you are going to submit the fourth of four short papers (600-words minimum). In each paper you will read the scenario and present a position on that issue. All papers shall cite a minimum of three sources. One of the sources must be from the text, one must be an Internet source (with hyperlink) and the third may be from any source (print, personal experience, Internet, learned treatise, journal, etc.). You shall cite each source in APA format. The paper is due no later than Sunday 11:59PM EST/EDT.
End of life planning is a difficult subject for many. So difficult, that the majority (64%) of people in the United States has no living will, HCPOA or estate will in place at the end of their lives. What this means is that the burden of making difficult medical and legal decisions for the incapacitated person falls to the family and the state court systems, often at great psychological, emotional, and financial expense for both.
Please explain and apply how each of the core values of Saint Leo University are fostered and cultivated by the personal decision of each of us to take responsibility to make certain these legal instruments are in place before the necessity of them comes to be. Please apply specifically each of the core values of Community, Respect, Personal Development, Responsible Stewardship, and Integrity to our topic of end of life decision making.