This - screengrabbed from a PDF I wrote yesterday - is I think the most compelling reason why we should avoid an equivalent 'single number' for EoL. Does this make sense, John, Kathryn and the rest of you?pic.twitter.com/uEEAhJ5C29
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I've done it John (probably won't surprise you) - read https://www.dignityincare.org.uk/Discuss-and-debate/download/297/ …
This rabbit hole seems to have endless capacity for tumbling down, doesn't it? Your focus still appears to be on treatment refusal there though. Is examination refusal not recognised in this regard?
I may be in danger of applying oversimplification of complex legal issues here, but there is no point in hospital exam/assessment if intention is to refuse hospital treatment/admission. Assessment and treatment at home, within the constraints of this, may still be acceptable.
Yes, I'm wary of half dipping into legal discussions too, but common sense also has its place. Medical futility is something we hear plenty about, but few things seem more futile than taking a dying person to hospital if they don't want to be treated. Nature: Ambulance Purpose: ?
And this tweet describes the THEORETICAL answer: in theory, you use an ADRT to forbid every possible treatment IF YOU ARE IN A HOSPITAL - then, there cannot be any legal justification for taking you to the hospital, surely? How you refuse 'every possible treatment' is problematicpic.twitter.com/ydxILRq3Wy
From my piece on DiC about this issue https://www.dignityincare.org.uk/Discuss-and-debate/download/297/ … This tweet describes the problem.pic.twitter.com/1r2AAu8Y7n
I've never heard that argument, and I certainly wouldn't use it. Why on earth would you take someone to hospital who intended to refuse all treatment?
You presumably wouldn't - which is the point. It isn't obvious, exactly what you need to write on an ADRT to refuse all treatment, which is part of the problem with this one.
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