Consent in Healthcare
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Which Act ensures that medical decision making is more in line with contemporary views and is more consistent with how people make decisions about their health care?

  • The Act that came into effect on 12 March 2018
  • The Pre-2018 legislative framework
  • The Medical Treatment Planning and Decisions Act 2016 (correct)
  • The Act that provides a clear framework for medical treatment decision making

    • When did the Act come into effect?

  • 12 March 2018 (correct)
  • 12 March 2019
  • 12 March 2020
  • 12 March 2017

    • Under the Act, when should medical treatment decisions be made on someone else's behalf?

  • When they do not want to make decisions about their health care
  • When it is demonstrated they do not have the capacity to make those decisions (correct)
  • When they have the capacity to make their own decisions
  • When they have an advance care directive

    • Who can make medical treatment decisions on behalf of someone unable to provide informed consent?

    <p>The person's medical treatment decision maker</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the focus of decisions made on behalf of a person, according to the Act?

    <p>The person's preferences and values</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the Act aim to do in terms of empowering people to make their own treatment decisions?

    <p>Support people in making their own decisions</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How can a person exercise autonomy in relation to medical treatment, according to the text?

    <p>All of the above</p> Signup and view all the answers

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