LESSON 15 Flashcards
Every person with decisional capacity has the right to refuse any treatment, regardless of the nature of the treatment or consequences
Ordinary and extraordinary care
Ordinary or Extraordinary Treatment: high risk of harm
Extraordinary
Ordinary or Extraordinary Treatment: simply, relatively low tech
Ordinary
Ordinary or Extraordinary Treatment: usually a source of pain or distress
Extraordinary
Ordinary or Extraordinary Treatment: low risk of harm
Ordinary
Ordinary or Extraordinary Treatment: complex, relatively high tech
Extraordinary
Ordinary or Extraordinary Treatment: routine
Ordinary
Ordinary or Extraordinary Treatment: relatively small chance for the benefit of the patient
Extraordinary
Ordinary or Extraordinary Treatment: available to most people who need it
Ordinary
Ordinary or Extraordinary Treatment: available to few
Extraordinary
One could be said to have interest
Personhood
Federal law regarding advanced directives
PSDA / Patient Self-Determination Act
To make people aware of their rights
PSDA
Developed ‘standards for the documentation of patients’ wishes regarding advanced directives
Joint commission
A written, legal document. It describes the treatment you would want if you were terminally ill or permanently unconscious
Living will
It wont let you select someone to make decisions for you
Living will
It states that you have chosen to make health care decisions for you.
DPA / Durable Power of Attorney
It becomes active any time you are unconscious or ‘unable to make medical decisions’
Medical Power of Attorney
Upheld concept that competent individuals could refuse life sustaining treatment
Supreme Court
