Health Sciences 3101A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Personal Representative, Angioedema, Free Hand
2 Apr 2016
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Part 1: substitute decision making for personal care. The issue of substitute consent only arises once it is established that a patient is incapable or a statute has given decision making authority to a third party. The common law principles of substitute consent have been largely replaced by the hcca and sda. (a) general principles under the hcca. Sdm don"t have a free hand in making personal care decisions, hcca outlines how decisions are to be made. Sdms must give or refuse consent based on any prior applicable wish expressed when the patient was capable and 16 year of age or older. Doesn"t have to be any documentary proof that the person was capable or even made the wish. If no such wish is known or the wish is impossible to comply with, the decision must be based on the patient"s best interests. To what extent do you take each variable?)
