Healthcare (Consent) And Care Facility (Admission) Act Flashcards
Under the healthcare and care facility act with five rights does every adult who is capable of giving or refusing consent to healthcare have?
1) to give consent or refuse consent on any grounds, including moral or religious grounds, even if the refusal will result in death
2) the right to select a particular form of healthcare on any grounds, including moral or religious grounds
3) the right to revoke consent
4) the right to expect that a decision to give refuse or vote consent will be respected
5) the right to be involved in the greatest degree possible in all case, planning and decision-making
Under the healthcare care, facility act, healthcare provider must not provide any healthcare to without consent, except under what sections?
Sections 11 to 15 are all the exceptions to this matter
A healthcare provider must not seek a decision about whether to give or refuse substitute consent to healthcare under what sections unless the healthcare provider has made every reasonable effort to obtain a decision from the adult
Sections 11, 14 or 15
Under the healthcare and care facility act, what are the six elements of an adult giving consent to healthcare?
1) consent relates to the proposed healthcare
2) consent is given voluntarily
3) consent is not obtained by fraud or misrepresentation
4) the adult is capable of making a decision about whether to give or refuse consent to the proposed healthcare
5) The healthcare provider gives the adult the information, a reasonable person would require to understand the proposed healthcare, and to make a decision including information about the condition for which the healthcare is proposed, the nature of the proposed healthcare, the risks and benefits of the proposed, healthcare, and alternative courses of healthcare
6) the adult has an opportunity to ask questions and receive answers about the proposed healthcare
Under the healthcare and care, facility act and adult consents to healthcare if the healthcare provider gives the adult, the information, a reasonable person would require to understand the proposed healthcare, and to make a decision, including what four pieces of information?
Hint:
C
N
R and B
A C
1) condition for which the healthcare is proposed
2) the nature of the proposed healthcare
3) the risks and benefits of the proposed healthcare that reasonable person would expect to be told about
4) alternative courses of healthcare
Under the healthcare and care, facility act, when deciding whether an adult is incapable of giving, refusing or withdrawing consent to healthcare, a healthcare provider, must base the decision on whether or not adult demonstrates that the adult understands what two things?
1) the information given by the healthcare provider under section 6, which are the elements of consent
2) the information applies to the situation of the adult for whom the healthcare is proposed
Under the healthcare and care, facility act when seeking an adults consent to healthcare, or deciding whether an adult is incapable of giving, refusing or a broken consent a healthcare provider must do what and may do what?
1) must communicate with adult in a manner appropriate to the adult skills and abilities
2) may allow the adult spouse or any near relatives or close friends, who accompany the adult, and offer their assistance to help the adult to understand, or demonstrate an understanding of the matters mentioned in section 7, which is when incapability is determined
Under the healthcare And care facility act consent is given orally or in writing, and applies only specific healthcare than an adult has consent to however, if there’s an exception and healthcare provider may provide additional alternative healthcare to an adult under what three conditions?
1) The healthcare that was consent to is in progress
2) The adult is unconscious, or semi conscious
3) It is medically necessary to provide additional or alternative healthcare to deal with conditions not forseen when consent was given
Anyone who consents to healthcare civil rights of the healthcare, must be provided by a specific name to healthcare provider. No one else may provide the healthcare without first obtaining consent, unless what two things are happening?
1) The healthcare is in Progress, or
2) Delay is likely to put out life or health and risk
One of the exceptions to consent, is if personal guardian or representative gives consents. A healthcare provider may provide healthcare to an adult without the adults consent, if what two things are in place?
1) The healthcare provider is of the opinion that the adult needs the healthcare, and is incapable of giving or refusing consent, and
2) That adult’s personal guardian, or representative has authority to consent to the healthcare is capable of giving consent, and gives substitute, consent
Regarding urgent or emergency, healthcare, a healthcare provider may provide healthcare to adult without the adults consent under what 4 conditions?
1) It is necessary to provide the healthcare without delay, in order to preserve the adult life to preserve serious, physical or mental harm, or to alleviate severe pain
2) The adult is apparently impaired by drugs or alcohol or is it unconscious or semiconscious for any reason or is in the healthcare providers opinion, otherwise in capable of giving, or refusing consent
3) The adult does not have a personal guardian or representative who is authorized to consent to the healthcare is capable of doing so, and is available and
4) Where practicable a second healthcare provider confirms the first healthcare providers opinion about the need for the healthcare and the Incapability
Under the healthcare and care facility act within the section of urgent or emergency healthcare for the purpose of the section a personal guardian or representative is available if it is possible for the healthcare provider within the time that is reasonable, and the circumstances to determine what, and communicate what?
Determine whether the adult has a personal guardian representative and she communicate with adults. Personal guardian representative.
Under the healthcare act as a personal guardian representative becomes available or person is chosen under section 16 after a healthcare provider provides healthcare to an adult under the section then the personal guardian representative or person, chosen under section 16 may do what?
May refuse consent for continued health care, and if consented refused, the healthcare must being withdrawn
Based on the healthcare act provider must not provide healthcare under section 12, which is urgent or emergency healthcare if the healthcare provider has reasonable grounds to believe what?
If the healthcare provider has reasonable grounds to believe that the person capable, and after retaining 19 years of age, expressed an instruction or wish, applicable to the consent to the healthcare
Under the healthcare care, facility act in regard to emergency healthcare, despite refusal states that if substitute consent to healthcare refused on an in capable person’s behalf by the personal Guardian or representative, then what may be provided?
Healthcare, maybe provided despite the refusal if an opinion of the hill to provider proposing the healthcare section 12, 1a applies and, the personal guardian representative did not comply with their duties under this or any other act