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Patient that is under arrest and is unable to make medical decisions who makes the decisions to decide the medical care?
This person needs to have a Healthcare Proxy. This is someone who will make ONLY their medical decisions, and is court appointed. Usually the court will appoint a family member. A person who is under arrest still has the autonomy to make their own medical decisions, Only a person who is incompetent (determined by the court), or who does not have capacity (determined by a physician) can NOT make their own medical decisions. If you wish to become this persons health care decision maker, you need to seek the necessary forms to become their healthcare proxy (most hospitals have the forms or should at least be able to tell you how to get them).
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What is the advantage of advance medical directives?
A patient may decide medical treatment in advance, in the event that he or she becomes physically or mentally unable to communicate his or her wishes.
Can medical providers decide to refuse to accept health insurance benefits after benefits were applied to a patient's account?
They cannot refuse "after-the-fact."
Do emergency medical technicians ride in ambulances?
Short answer - Yes. Mainly emergency medical technicians (EMTs) are the first responders to the site of an accident, where they evaluate the patient (or patients). If they decide that the patient requires further medical help beyond what they can provide, they will stabilize the patient, place them on stretcher, and take them via ambulance to the hospital. The EMT's both arrive to the scene in an ambulance and ride with the patient in the ambulance to the hospital, monitoring the patient while they ride.
Would a patient be councilled or counseled to get medical help?
The answer is Counselled, which means 'advised' Councils are a sort of committee that decide things and exercise power, such as a Town Council or the Medical and Dental Council.
What is an Advance Directive statute in health care?
It refers to the law or regulation that allows an individual to set up, in legal form, the particular circumstances under which they would not wish to have their life prolonged. It is usually (but not always) associated with a Medical Power of Attorney ,and is (supposedly) binding on any caregiver.
If a patient is pronounced legally brain dead does the hospital have the right to pull the plug even if the next living relative is refusing to unplug the respirator?
Medical doctors decide which medical treatments are appropriate for each patient. They are under no duty to provide medical care to a brain dead patient so there is no tort or criminal liability if they unplug a brain dead patient. Most families of brain dead patients want the respirator unplugged since their loved one is already gone and the financial pressure of continued medical care is sometimes oppressive.
How do the Persians decide big decisions?
By the king and his council.
Should a suicidal patient be allowed to refuse a feeding tube?
If the patient is capable of making decision about their condition then yes. If patient has representative they can decide for the patient. In case where patient is not capable and no representative available then its up to the practitioner to decide for best interest of patient. Its an individual right to make decision about their health condition.
Should ethically a suicidal patient be allowed to refuse a feeding tube?
If the patient is capable of making decision about their condition then yes. If patient has representative they can decide for the patient. In case where patient is not capable and no representative available then its up to the practitioner to decide for best interest of patient. Its an individual right to make decision about their health condition.
Who decides DNR?
Firstly, the patients themselves are allowed to make the decisions (if they are in the right 'state-of-mind'). If the patient themselves are considered unfit by two doctors, then it is usually up to the patients closes relative or friend to decide.
When there is a conflict between ethics and law what should you do with your patient?
That is a matter for your own conscience to decide. Unfortunately there MANY decisions in life that involve this condundrum. No one can counsel you on your own beliefs, morals, or personal code of ethics.
Should octopods decide important political decisions?
yes
