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2. Advance healthcare directive - Wikipedia

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   In some cases a living will may forbid the use of various kinds of burdensome medical treatment. It may also be used to express wishes about the use or foregoing of food and water, if supplied via tubes or other medical devices. The living will is used only if the individual has become unable to give informed consent or refusal due to incapacity.

3. Informed consent - Wikipedia

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   Example of informed consent document from the PARAMOUNT trial. Informed consent is a principle in medical ethics, medical law, media studies, and other fields, that a person must have sufficient information and understanding before making decisions about accepting risk, such as their medical care.

4. Informed assent - Wikipedia

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   In adult medical research, the term informed consent is used to describe a state whereby a competent individual, having been fully informed about the nature, benefits and risks of a clinical trial, agrees to their own participation. National authorities define certain populations as vulnerable and therefore unable to provide informed consent ...

5. Ethical guidelines for treating trauma survivors - Wikipedia

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   The APA ethics code [4] outlines many professional guidelines for clinicians including the maintenance of confidentiality, minimizing intrusions to privacy, and obtaining informed consent. Informed consent ensures the client has an adequate understanding of the techniques and procedures that will be used during therapy, expected timeline for ...

6. Consent - Wikipedia

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   Express consent exists when there is oral or written agreement, particularly in a contract. For example, businesses may require that persons sign a waiver (called a liability waiver) acknowledging and accepting the hazards of an activity. This proves express consent, and prevents the person from filing a tort lawsuit for unauthorised actions.

7. Health Care Consent Act (Ontario) - Wikipedia

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   The Health Care Consent Act (HCCA) is an Ontario law concerned with the capacity to consent to treatment and admission to care facilities. (i.e., informed consent). [1] [2] As of 2 August 2023 on a date to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor, the act will also apply to confining in a care facility. [3] The HCCA states that a ...

8. Starson v Swayze - Wikipedia

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   "The [Supreme] Court did not change the Health Care Consent Act or even make the process more difficult." [5] According to an article in The Ottawa Citizen, "What the court majority ruled was that Consent and Capacity board in 1999 did not have enough evidence to support its finding that Mr. Starson was incapable of deciding on treatment." [5]

9. Informed refusal - Wikipedia

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   Informed refusal is where a person has refused a recommended medical treatment based upon an understanding of the facts and implications of not following the treatment. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Informed refusal is linked to the informed consent process, as a patient has a right to consent, but also may choose to refuse.