1/2 ? I don't hunt for these figures - but I thought that most GPs 'spend' perhaps a few hundred pounds on end-of-life for each of their dying patients? If 500,000 Brits a year die, then at £10,000 each we would have £5bn a year being spent on just the final few weeks of life?
"..what is the point of this blood sample..?" Or to put it another way; what is its purpose? Understanding the nature & purpose of any medical intervention is consent at its most base level. The line between assault & medicine. Concerning you needed to point it out. *sigh*
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1/2 I honestly think, there is an issue: HCPs - especially I suspect nurses - tend to be focusing on 'the treatment pathway' and they don't think of 'ongoing consent for every individual 'action'' - but during EoL 'repeatedly checking for consent' would bring to light the 'this
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2/2 isn't helping the patient any more' factor
@DrMarkTaubert@learnhospice However - it would also make working life harder for the HCPs, especially if the patient is incapacitous and it becomes 'best interests instead of consent'. -
Yes, I'm increasingly aware of the difficulty that any suggestion of a lack of capacity introduces into the mix. It wasn't an issue I faced, personally. But it can be hard enough to ensure autonomy is respected when that's not a consideration, so I appreciate your point.
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Read my stuff even 'just a bit' and you couldn't fail to become aware of the problems which a lack of mental capacity brings with it!
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I was vaguely aware of concerns while researching, but I was only too happy to skip extra research I didn't need. What I've read of yours so far has raised my awareness considerably. Just enough to help me understand the scale of my ignorance. Need to go back over what I skipped!
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