UK Column News - Wednesday, 8th February 2023 58:47 - ADRT: Your Legal Right To Refuse Covid–19 Therapies?

 

UK Column News - Wednesday, 8th February 2023 58:47 - ADRT: Your Legal Right To Refuse Covid–19 Therapies?

58:47 Debi Evans e-mail to Royal College of General Practitioners: “That information is not available”

British Medical Association: Consent and refusal by adults with decision-making capacity

Providing treatment without valid consent, and in the face of a competent refusal, would leave the doctor open to legal and professional sanctions.

Can patients refuse treatment in advance?—Yes, an ADRT will be legally binding

NHS RightCare: Frailty Toolkit

Anticipatory Care Planning (ACP)

An Advance Directive is a written statement, drawn up and signed by you, which sets out how you would prefer to be treated (or not treated) in the last stages of your life.

UK Column viewer, Kelly, finds a DNR order slapped on her grandmother

NHS: Do not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation (DNACPR) decisions