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Block 12 - part 3 Flashcards

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5 categories for significant impaired decision making ability

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lack of insight
cognitive impairment
presence of psychosis
severe depressive symptoms
learning disability
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importance of supporting patient’s decision making

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patient generally happier if can make decisions, enables patients to have self-determination and autonomy, likely to facilitate other positive goods (pt dr relationship), professional requirement, legal requirement (mental capacity act 2005)

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how might doctors assist patients in making decisions

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different form of communication, providing more accessible info, treating medical condition which affects capacity, strutured programme to improve peroson’s capacity

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act which determines capacity

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mental capacity act (2005)

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according to mental capacity act 2005, when does a person lack capacity

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unable to:
understand info relevant to decision, including consequence,
retain info even for a short time,
use or weigh info to make decisions,
communicate decision
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5 key principles of the MCA

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presumption of capacity,
right to be supported to make their own decisions, right to make eccentric or unwise decisions, best interests, least restrictive intervention

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MCA definition of presumption of capacity

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a person must be assumed to have capacity until otherwise established

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MCA ways to support people without capacity to make decisions

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use different forms of communications, provide information in different formats, treat a condition that is impacting capacity thus restoring capacity

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MCA view on right to make eccentric or unwise decisions

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person not to be treated as unable to make decisions merely because decision is unwise

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how many people in the UK have dementia

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850,000

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early presentations of dementia noticed by pt

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forgetfulness, difficulty with names and finding right word, embarrassment in social situations

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early presentations of dementia noticed by family and friends

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repetitive, forgets social arrangements, skills deteriorating, withdrawing

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impact of diagnosis of dementia on a pt

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denial (with or without insight) - pt attributes problems to old age, anger at suggestion anything is wrong,
grief reaction
acceptance/positive coping strategies

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things that determine response of pt to diagnosis of dementia

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insight and stage of illness, type of dementia, previous personality, relationship and support

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impact of diagnosis on carers

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confirmation of something they have long suspected, fear, anger, grief

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things that determine response of carer to diagnosis of dementia

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understanding of the illness, patients reaction, nature of relationship with patient and what else is happening

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benefits of dementia diagnosis

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know what dealing with, access to treatment and support services, information/education, planning for future, assess and manage risks

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effects of dementia on patient

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loss of self esteem, may find communication difficult, loss of independance

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effects of dementia on partner

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relationship becomes skewed, practical, emotional, financial, strained relationship with family/friends

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effects of dementia on child

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role reversal, competing demands, conflict between family members, effect on young children, previous relationship

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effects of dementia on carers

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stress, physical care, poor sleep, constant vigilance, loss of support, unable to take time off sick

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how much of the cost of dementia is paid by people with dementia and their families

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2/3rds - £17.4 billion

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what percentage of carers dont receive enough support

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43%

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why are people with dementia at higher risk of elder abuse

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more vulnerable, may struggle to discuss feelings and experiences or remember what happened to them, can be hard to detect abuse

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examples of advanced care planning

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advanced statement of wishes (treatment they would like) (not legally binding),
advanced decisions/directives (decision to refuse treatment) (LEGALLY BINDING)

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advanced directives

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extends patients autonomy to apply in situations where they don’t have capacity as defined under the MCA 2005, a valid AD which refuses treatment should always be followed

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when are advanced directives valid and applicable

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patient is 18+ and lacks capacity at time of treatment but had capacity at time of making AD, properly informed patient and statement is clear and applicable to current situations

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what can ADs not be used to refuse

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basic care, e.g. food/water

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Ulysses arrangement

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advanced directive for bipolar disorder

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pros of advanced directives

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respect patient autonomy
encourages forward planning
patient will be less anxious about unwanted treatment
may lower healthcare cost as people opt out for less aggressive treatments

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cons of advanced directives

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difficult to verify if patient’s opinion has changes since AD, difficult to ascertain whether current circumstances are what patient foresaw when making AD, possibility of coercion, possible wrong diagnosis, can patients imagine future situations sufficiently vividly to make own current decisions adequately informed?

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5 examples of research atrocities in history

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Nazi medical experiments (nuremberg code), willowbrook study, tuskegee syphilis study, alder hey, wakefield

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willowbrook study

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injected children with hep b to develop vaccine

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tuskegee syphilis study

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african american men given syphilis but not antibiotics as researchers wanted to see disease progression

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alder hey scandal

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retained human tissue including children’s organs in 1988-1995 - lead to human tissue act 2004

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wakefield scandal

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andrew wakefield published in the lancet that MMR vaccine leads to autism

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nuremberg code (1947)

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resulted form Nuremberg trials, early code for research ethics principle including need for voluntary consent, avoid all unnecessary physical and mental suffering and injury, conducted only by scientifically qualified persons

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helenski declarations 1964

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requires that any human research is subject to independant ethical review and oversight by properly convened committee

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useful research ethics principles

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usefulness, necessity, risks, consent, confidentiality, fairness, approval (from research ethics committee)

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Valid consent

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voluntary, informed, patient is competent

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voluntary consent

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not putting pressure on pts or volunteers, not offering inappropriate (financial) inducements, not threatening/imposing sanctions if they don’t take part

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what should patients be given to inform consent

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info sheets, presentation of info (no jargon), summary of key points, oppportunity to ask questions, time to decide (at least 24 hours)

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confidentiality

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state of keeping or being kept secret or private

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importance of confidentiality

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patient trust and ensuring valid results, all patient info is confidential

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how to increase level of confidentiality

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limit access to identifyable info, securely store data documents, assign security codes to computerised records, proper disposal of study data/documents, encrypt identifyable data

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ethics comittee

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body responsible for ensuring that medical experimentation and human research are carried out in an ethical manner in accordance with national and international law

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why do we need ethics approval

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participant protection, no harm to researchers, researcher not covered if claim regarding research made against them, publications won’t accept research that was not ethically approved, funders will not support w/o ea

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when is ethics approval needed

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human participants, confidential info included in research, research involves biological material (embryos, stem cells, etc.)

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5 examples of research ethics committees

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NHS research ethics committees, higher education institution (HEI) research ethics committee, gene therapy advisory committee, social care research ethics committee, ministry of defence research ethics committee

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Human tissue act (2004) statements about research

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consent for storage and use of tissue for ‘scheduled purposes’ is required for tissues from living or deceased persons,
these purposes include research in connection with disorders, or the functioning of the human body,
however, consent is not required to use tissue obtained from living patients if the tissue is anonymous to the researcher and the project has research ethics approval

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