A case study gives you the opportunity to review Business Management concepts and apply them to a specific scenario. The analysis should be in summary form and in proper APA format. With a minimum of 3 full pages and at least 3 academic sources, prepare a summary analysis of the assigned case study. The first paragraph should identify and summarize the key point(s) or problem(s) presented in the case. Then type and answer each question posed at the end of the case. Describe, at minimum, five specific principles from the chapter that can be applied to the case study. Try to relate important concepts to a personal experience. Give examples from your own experience that either reinforce or go against the class concepts. How can a manager use and apply what you have learned from the case? You must use at least two additional resources (your text and two others for a total of three) to support your thoughts. Be sure to properly cite your references. All papers must be submitted as a document through the Case Study Drop Box. Assignments must be prepared in .doc, .docx, or .rtf format. APA Guidelines For the purpose of written case study assignments – all papers must be in proper APA format which includes at least the following: A properly formatted header on the upper right corner that includes your name and page number. All papers must be double-spaced, with a Times New Roman, Courier New, or Arial size 12 font. All paragraphs must be indented 5 spaces. References must be properly formatted, double-spaced, with the first line of the entry left justified, and following lines of the entry a hanging indent. Always use the text as a reference – that is where the case study information originates. Be sure to properly cite your reference(s) within the body of the paper.

Review all materials in Chapter 52 and conduct research on the United States Supreme Court case of Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health, 497 U.S. 261 (1990). The full text of this case, along with numerous case briefs, commentaries, summaries, etc., may be found by simply entering the full name of the case into any major online search engine of your choosing.  Alternatively, you may use Westlaw, Lexis or any other professional legal research databank in your research, however, use of such is not required. Following your research, review the following questions:

• What was the ultimate numerical vote of the court?• When and how can life support be withdrawn?• How does death by refusal of treatment differ from suicide?• How does a living will work and when does it become of legal effect?• What is a health care directive and how does it work?

After completing your research, summarize your answers, and, along with any other sources, if any, address and support your particular position/view on the following specific issues, and, specifically, how you would apply the Saint Leo University Core Values of Community, Respect, and Integrity into your actions. Be sure to use proper APA format for citations.

1. What are the potential foreseeable financial, psychological, and medical, yet unintended, harmful consequences to one’s family and friends in failing to provide a properly executed will and living will prior to one’s final illness and death?

2. What are the fundamental distinctions between recuperative medical care and palliative care? Who should be included in the decision to modify care from recuperative to palliative? When, if ever, is the right to refuse any and all medical care appropriate when such virtually ensures the death of the patient?

3. What professionals, medical or otherwise, should be involved in advising decisions concerning end-of-life wishes? How does euthanasia differ from a simple cessation of treatment? Who should make end of life decisions for those who are without a family member to take on such a role?

4. What measures can be taken to ensure the quality of ongoing family and social relationships, individually and as a group, to end-of-life patients? What pitfalls are to be avoided in ensuring maintenance of these relationships? What actions may be taken to ensure the spiritual and existential dimensions of the process are respected and integrated?