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- Call ethicist or risk management whenever you are unsure
- Ethicist: weighing pros and cons
- Risk Management: Look at liability
- Colleague: 2 brain > 1 brain
- DOCUMENT!
- So important for medical-legal
- If it isn’t documented, it didn’t happen
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Capacity to consent (to medical decision)
Medical decision includes Confidentiality & Mandatory Reporting
Capacity Assessment
Form 33
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- Autonomy =/= capacity
- We still want to talk to incapable patients in private
- Every one has capacity until proven otherwise
- Capacity is decision-dependent → Assessed by whoever is providing the treatment
- Incapable for A =/= Incapable for B
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Who can consent for Pt?
- Assigned = POA
- need to CONFIRM the document
- check if ‘Joint’ or ‘Separate’
- check who is the latest
- If no POA, SDM is automatically assigned
- Who is SDM in Ontario?
How to consent?
Consenting a Procedure
Additional Guideline