Difference between revisions of "Health Care Consent in Residential Care"

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 Health care providers must respect the right of clients and substitute decision-makers to seek further information or another opinion and to involve others in the decision-making and consent process.
-:'''Noteworthy: Consent is Specific to Issue and Time: Health care consent law is clear - the consent applies only to the specific health care to which an adult has consented.([[Chapter Six Legal Issues in Residential Care References|24]]) For that reason, efforts to gain written consent from residents or their substitute for certain types of events in the future, such as health care treatment (blanket consent) are not legally valid.'''
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+| width="100%" | '''Noteworthy: Consent is Specific to Issue and Time '''
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+| width="100%" | Health care consent law is clear - the consent applies only to the specific health care to which an adult has consented.([[Chapter Six Legal Issues in Residential Care References|24]]) For that reason, efforts to gain written consent from residents or their substitute for certain types of events in the future, such as health care treatment (blanket consent) are not legally valid.
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 ==Who Must Seek Consent for Health Care?==