MEDI7232 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Morphine, Pneumonia, Case Citation
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Overview: euthanasia and assisted suicide, terminology, ethics, practice, palliative care. Law (criminal law) - relevance of the criminal code: the problem, ethics. Act 2003 (qld: transplantation and anatomy act 1978 qld (s45. 1, a person is dead when there has occurred: Irre(cid:448)ersi(cid:271)le (cid:272)essatio(cid:374) of (cid:272)ir(cid:272)ulatio(cid:374) of (cid:271)lood ; or. Irreversible cessation of all function of the brain (certify by 2 practitioners) It holds relevant to organ/ tissue donation & allows for cardiac death donors and brain- dead/heart-beating donors: the coroner is a magistrate responsible for investigating reportable deaths under the. If no to any of the above the death is reportable under this category. It is not necessary for the doctor to have treated the person as they can consider other i(cid:374)for(cid:373)atio(cid:374) su(cid:272)h as the perso(cid:374)(cid:859)s (cid:373)edi(cid:272)al history: coroners act 2003 qld (s26. 5) Ethics: autonomy, respect choices about how one lives their life.
