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What is an Advance Care Directive (ACD)?
What is an Advance Care Directive (ACD)?
- A legal document for family disputes
- A document that outlines a patient's wishes for end-of-life care (correct)
- A type of pain management
- A medication used in palliative care
What is palliative care?
What is palliative care?
- A type of medication
- A type of end-of-life care (correct)
- A type of mental health treatment
- A type of surgery
What is necessary for a patient's wishes to be respected in end-of-life care?
What is necessary for a patient's wishes to be respected in end-of-life care?
- Mental capacity (correct)
- Financial stability
- Physical strength
- Religious beliefs
What is medical futility?
What is medical futility?
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What should be considered when withholding or withdrawing treatment in end-of-life care?
What should be considered when withholding or withdrawing treatment in end-of-life care?
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What should be respected in end-of-life care?
What should be respected in end-of-life care?
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What is important in end-of-life care?
What is important in end-of-life care?
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Study Notes
- Junior doctors face complex legal and ethical issues in end-of-life care.
- Advance Care Directives (ACDs) outline a patient's wishes and should be followed.
- Withholding or withdrawing treatment requires consideration of legal and ethical factors.
- Palliative care involves pain management, symptom relief, and emotional support.
- Mental capacity is necessary for a patient's wishes to be respected.
- End-of-life care in children has unique legal considerations.
- Cultural and religious beliefs should be respected in end-of-life care.
- Medical futility occurs when further treatment is unlikely to provide benefit.
- Family disputes may arise and need to be resolved ethically.
- Communication and consent are critical in end-of-life care.
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