NUR1113 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Palliative Care
1. Explain the purposes of the Medical Treatment Act 1988 (Vic).
The purposes of this Act are:
(a) to clarify the law relating to the right of patients to refuse medical treatment;
(b) to establish a procedure for clearly indicating a decision to refuse medical treatment;
(c) to enable an agent to make decisions about medical treatment on behalf of an incompetent person.
2. What does medical treatment refer to? *
(a) an operation
(b) the administration of a drug or other like substance
(c) any other medical procedure— but does not include palliative care
3. What is palliative care? *
(a) the provision of reasonable medical procedures for the relief of pain, suffering and discomfort
(b) the reasonable provision of food and water
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