MEDRADSC 3Y03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Public Health, Paternalism, List Of Fables Characters
30 Jan 2020
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The parts of informed consent & decision making capacity. If the physician determines that a patient is incapable of consenting to a treatment they will identify it & document it (ie in the chart) Physician must identify & obtain consent from an appropriate substitute decision-maker. A substitute decision-maker is someone who makes decisions on your behalf if you become incapable of making them yourself . Surrogate = one that takes the place of another; a substitute. Substitute = one that takes the place of another; a replacement. Your doctor or other healthcare providers must contact your substitute decision-maker. To seek their consent before your doctor or other healthcare provider can give you treatment. Legally appointed guardian: attorney for personal care (not property, representative appointed by consent & capacity board, spouse or partner. Never the same person for health & finance because there will be motive. A person to be considered as an sdm must be:
