Decision-Making Capacity Quiz
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What is the purpose of appointing a medical treatment decision maker?

  • To consider preferences, values, and personal and social wellbeing (correct)
  • To make medical treatment decisions
  • To challenge a decision making capacity outcome
  • To provide a second opinion

What is the hierarchy of medical treatment decision makers?

  • Emergency medical treatment, advance care directive, medical treatment decision maker, values directive
  • Advance care directive, medical treatment decision maker, values directive, emergency medical treatment
  • Values directive, advance care directive, medical treatment decision maker, emergency medical treatment
  • Medical treatment decision maker, advance care directive, values directive, emergency medical treatment (correct)

When should a referral for specialist assessment be made if a health practitioner cannot determine whether or not a person has capacity to make the decision?

  • When there is an advance care directive and a medical treatment decision maker
  • When there is no relevant instructional directive (correct)
  • When challenging a decision making capacity outcome
  • When there is a valid values directive

Who can make decisions in advance about their future medical treatment?

<p>People through an advance care directive (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the presumption regarding capacity to make medical treatment decisions?

<p>There is a presumption that people have capacity (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to the Medical Treatment Planning and Decisions Act 2016, decisions about a person's medical treatment should be based on

<p>The preferences and values of the person (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT considered as 'medical treatment' under the Act?

<p>Medical research procedures (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to the Act, who is responsible for determining if a person has decision-making capacity?

<p>Health practitioners (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What should guide decisions about a person's medical treatment according to the Act?

<p>The person's culture and beliefs (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to the Copyright Act 1968, which of the following statements is true?

<p>This work can only be reproduced with written permission (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the new test that replaces the 'best interests' test for medical treatment decisions?

<p>The preferences, values, and personal and social wellbeing test (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

If a person does not have decision-making capacity, what must a health practitioner do before providing medical treatment?

<p>Locate an advance care directive and/or a medical treatment decision maker (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What should a health practitioner do if a person without decision-making capacity is likely to recover capacity within a reasonable time?

<p>Proceed with treatment without delay (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to the Act, what must a medical treatment decision maker consider when making a decision?

<p>The patient's values and preferences (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What may constitute unprofessional conduct for a health practitioner?

<p>Failure to undertake reasonable searches (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who is responsible for determining the appropriate action against a health practitioner for unprofessional conduct?

<p>The relevant health practitioner board (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What must a medical treatment decision maker do if they are unable to identify any relevant preferences of the person?

<p>Consider the person's values inferred from their life (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the criteria for decision-making capacity?

<p>Understanding the information and effect of the decision, retaining that information, using or weighing that information, and communicating the decision (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

If a health practitioner cannot determine whether a person has decision-making capacity, what can they do?

<p>Refer the person for a relevant specialist assessment (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What may be considered unprofessional conduct and assault?

<p>Providing medical treatment without informed consent (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In what circumstances can a medical treatment decision maker access a person's medical records?

<p>When they are required to make a decision on behalf of a person who does not have decision-making capacity (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What should a health practitioner do if a person without decision-making capacity is likely to recover capacity within a reasonable time?

<p>Wait for the person to regain decision-making capacity before providing medical treatment. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to the Medical Treatment Planning and Decisions Act 2016, what must a medical treatment decision maker consider when making a decision?

<p>The preferences and values of the person who lacks decision-making capacity. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to the Medical Treatment Planning and Decisions Act 2016, what is the definition of medical treatment?

<p>Treatment for physical or mental conditions, disease prevention, restoration or replacement of bodily function, and improvement of comfort and quality of life (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Under the Act, when making decisions about a person's medical treatment, what should be the focus?

<p>What the person's preferences and values are (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to the Act, who has the right to make informed decisions about their own medical treatment?

<p>People with decision-making capacity (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who is responsible for determining if a person has decision-making capacity to give informed consent to medical treatment?

<p>The person's health practitioner (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to the Medical Treatment Planning and Decisions Act 2016, when can medical treatment be provided without informed consent?

<p>When exceptional circumstances exist (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of the Medical Treatment Planning and Decisions Act 2016?

<p>To empower individuals to make their own treatment decisions (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who is responsible for determining if a person has decision-making capacity under the Act?

<p>The health practitioner providing the treatment (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the role of support persons under the Act?

<p>To witness the signing of an advance care directive (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which test replaces the 'best interests' test for medical treatment decisions?

<p>Preferences, values and personal and social wellbeing test (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who should make medical treatment decisions based on the person's preferences and values?

<p>The medical treatment decision maker (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What should a health practitioner do if a person does not have decision-making capacity?

<p>Locate an advance care directive and/or a medical treatment decision maker (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What may constitute unprofessional conduct for a health practitioner?

<p>Delaying treatment to conduct extensive searches for an advance care directive (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following actions may be considered unprofessional conduct for a health practitioner?

<p>Considering the person's values inferred from the person's life (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What must a medical treatment decision maker consider when making a decision about a person's medical treatment?

<p>The likely effectiveness of the medical treatment (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

When should a health practitioner contact a medical treatment decision maker?

<p>When the person is unable to identify any relevant preferences (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What actions can a health practitioner take to determine a person's decision about medical treatment?

<p>Ask any family or friends present (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT a requirement for decision-making capacity?

<p>Communicating the decision and views on the decision (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Under what circumstances can a medical treatment decision maker access a person's medical records?

<p>Only when making a specific treatment decision (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the role of a medical treatment decision maker?

<p>To make medical treatment decisions on behalf of a person without decision-making capacity (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of appointing a medical treatment decision maker?

<p>To ensure that a person's medical treatment decisions are made in their best interests (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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