1/2 I use 'improving dying' in contrast to 'good death' which is what clinicians tend to use: I don't really see death 'as good' and my perspective is that we need to be 'reducing the number of awful deaths'. But - 'improving dying' - making the experience of dying better for
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Growl - some judges make me angry! Montgomery - and particularly Lady Hale's 'appendix' couldn't really have been much clearer! Montgomery ruling at https://www.supremecourt.uk/decided-cases/docs/UKSC_2013_0136_Judgment.pdf … Lady Hale's 'appendix' is sections 107 onwards.
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Exactly. Montgomery was supposed to be a key turning point. We take on the courts almost as much as we take on the medical establishment, when we as patients try to make a point.
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You rarely see clinicians HIGHLIGHTING the logical consequences of Montgomery - there was some heated debate on BMJ at the time - and it clearly 'hasn't yet been the turning point it should have been'. Nursing Times seemed to almost totally ignore Montgomery.
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Really? I was paying less attention around that time, outside of the judgement details themselves. But it's not like @nursingtimesed to let a big story go by normally.
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The thing is - I suspect - despite their 'we are autonomous professionals' assertions, I think many nurses are typically 'tasked': so Montgomery is in reality [if incorrectly so] less of an issue for many nurses, than for most doctors?
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Interesting phrasing. What do you mean by 'tasked' in this context, Mike?
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Nurses are often 'implementing' treatments, which have already been 'decided'. When my mum was dying, GP 'asked for consent from her': a 999 paramedic 'asked for consent': district nurses started with 'We've been sent by the GP to do ...'.
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