Health Sciences 3300A/B Chapter 3: law chaptar 3
2 Jun 2016
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Hs 3101 chap 3 reading notes: consent and capacity (competency) If patient has sought out the service and attends the appointment, it provides implied consent: common law does not demand written consent. Part 2: health care consent act 1996: hcca contains detailed consent provisions that replace the common law but only in regard to specific types of treatment provided by certain categories of health professionals. Must relate to the proposed treatment patient must be adequately informed. In all other cases the plaintiff has to file a negligence claim for failing to obtain an informed consent. Part 4: capacity to consent to personal care: patient"s consent is only valid if he or she is capable to give or refuse consent to the proposed intervention. Re c. (adult: refusal of medical treatment: man suffering from paranoid schizophrenia developed gangrene in his foot, the man still understood the information despite the schizophrenia and arrived at.
