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CONFIDENTIALITY BALANCED AGAINST THE RISK OF SERIOUS
CONFIDENTIALITY BALANCED AGAINST THE RISK OF SERIOUS
08 - Factors influencing health status or contact with
DECISIONS IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF INCAPACITATED P
DECISIONS IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF INCAPACITATED PATIENTS We are all well aware that adults with capacity must make their own treatment decisions. There is no justification or need to determine the best interests of such patients since they can (by definition) d...
09 - Crosswalk from ICD 11 mental, behavioural and neur
DECISIONS IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF INCAPACITATED PATIENTS
DECISIONS IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF INCAPACITATED PATIENTS We are all well aware that adults with capacity must make their own treatment decisions. There is no justification or need to determine the best interests of such patients since they can (by definition) d...
06 - 1 Neural Sciences
DISCLOSURE PRIOR TO CONSENT
DISCLOSURE PRIOR TO CONSENT In surgical practice, respect for autonomy translates into the clinical duty to obtain informed consent before the commence ment of treatment. It is easy to underestimate the gap in understanding between 2 a surgeon and his or her ...
07 - 2 Contributions of the Psychosocial Sciences
DO NOT ATTEMPT RESUSCITATION
DO NOT ATTEMPT RESUSCITATION? Furthermore, the decision to discontinue life-sustaining treat ment may go hand in hand with a decision not to attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation, in the event of cardiorespi ratory arrest. In England, it is settled law that b...
08 - 3 Contributions of the Sociocultural Sciences
DOCTRINE OF DOUBLE EFFECT
DOCTRINE OF DOUBLE EFFECT Surgeons could find themselves involved in the palliative care of patients whose pain is increasingly di ffi cult to control. There may come a point in the management of such pain when e ff ective palliation is possible only at the risk...
09 - 4 Theories of Personality and Psychopathology
DUTY OF CANDOUR
DUTY OF CANDOUR Equal consideration should be given to disclosure of informa tion that was generated by the intervention, particularly where ‘something went wrong’ that caused (or had the potential to cause) harm or distress. The duty to disclose these matter...
10 - 5 Examination and Diagnosis of the Psychiatric Pat
FURTHER PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF CLINICAL LAW IN
FURTHER PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF CLINICAL LAW IN FURTHER PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF CLINICAL LAW IN FURTHER PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF CLINICAL LAW IN
11 - 6 Classification in Psychiatry
HARM
HARM Respect for autonomy does not entail only the right of capac - itous patients to consent to treatment. Their autonomous - right extends to control over their confidential information, and surgeons must respect their patients’ privacy , not commu - nicatin...