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Any health care surrogate agent is granted the same rights in regard to access of medical information and decision-making as would the alert and competent patient. These rights remain until such time as the client regains decisional capacity , a guardian is appointed, or the patient's death occurs.
Shared decision-making in medicine (SDM) is a process in which both the patient and physician contribute to the medical decision-making process and agree on treatment decisions. [1] Health care providers explain treatments and alternatives to patients and help them choose the treatment option that best aligns with their preferences as well as ...
Another alternative to a conventional healthcare proxy is the medical directive, [40] [41] a document that describes six case scenarios for advance medical decision-making. The scenarios are each associated with a roster of commonly considered medical procedures and interventions, allowing the individual to decide in advance which treatments ...
Shared decision-making involves both the doctor and patient being involved in decisions about treatment. There are varied perspective on what shared decision making involves, but the most commonly used definition involves the sharing of information by both parties, both parties taking steps to build consensus, and reaching an agreement about ...
These standards in medical contexts are formalized in the requirement for decision-making capacity and professional determinations in these contexts have legal authority. [2] This requirement can be summarized in brief to presently include the following conditions, all of which must be met in order for one to qualify as possessing decision ...
Treatment decision support consists of the tools and processes used to enhance medical patients’ healthcare decision-making. The term differs from clinical decision support , in that clinical decision support tools are aimed at medical professionals, while treatment decision support tools empower the people who will receive the treatments.
The current AMA Code of Medical Ethics rejects therapeutic privilege as a defence. It states: "Except in emergency situations in which a patient is incapable of making an informed decision, withholding information without the patient’s knowledge or consent is ethically unacceptable." [5] Callahan Klaver states: [6]
Individuals' capacity for informed decision-making may come into question during resolution of conflicts between autonomy and beneficence. The role of surrogate medical decision-makers is an extension of the principle of autonomy.