Competency and End Stage Cancer Case
Question Description
In no more than 400 words, post the following considerations to the discussion board:
- Using the “Process for Determining Competency of Patients Who Refuse Medical Treatment” on p. 135 of your Morrison & Furlong text, explain whether Eric currently has the capacity to make decisions.
- Whose wishes do you think should ultimately be respected? Eric as he is currently stating them, Eric’s siblings, or Eric as stated in his advance directive? Justify your answer using the concepts of informed consent, informed refusal, competency, and patient autonomy you have read about this week. In your answer, consider that the decision you make may have wider implications for other patients in the hospital as well as Eric.
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