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Section 1: Advance decision-making – definitions and limitations

(1.1) Section 1: Advance decision-making – definitions and limitations

(1.2) Contemporaneous decisions

(1.3) Contemporaneous decisions

(1.4) Advance statements

(1.5) Advance statements

(1.6) What is an Advance Decision to Refuse Treatment?

(1.7) What an ADRT is not

(1.8) Why make an Advance Decision to Refuse Treatment?

(1.9) Why make an Advance Decision to Refuse Treatment?

(1.10) Limitations of ADRTs

(1.11) Risks of ADRTs

(1.12) Risks of ADRTs

(1.13) Section 1: Recap

(1.14) Section 1: Summary

Section 2: Advance Decisions to Refuse Treatment – legal aspects

(2.1) Section 2: Advance Decisions to Refuse Treatment – legal aspects

(2.2) The law and ADRTs: background

(2.3) The law and ADRTs: background

(2.4) The law and ADRTs: current position

(2.5) The law and ADRTs: current position

(2.6) The Mental Capacity Act and ADRTs

(2.7) Audio: when an ADRT may no longer be valid

(2.8) Comment

(2.9) Audio: a difficult dilemma

(2.10) Arguments for following the ADRT through

(2.11) Arguments against following the ADRT through

(2.12) Conclusions

(2.13) Recommended action

(2.14) ADRTs and capacity

(2.15) Principles of capacity: quiz

(2.16) Statutory criteria for assessing capacity

(2.17) Statutory criteria for assessing capacity

(2.18) Audio: a common scenario

(2.19) Questions to consider

(2.20) Questions to consider

(2.21) Questions to consider

(2.22) Conclusions

(2.23) Recommended action

(2.24) Capacity: information-giving and decision-making

(2.25) Capacity: information-giving and decision-making

(2.26) What about the Mental Health Act 1983?

(2.27) What about the Mental Health Act 1983?

(2.28) Section 2: Recap

(2.29) Section 2: Summary

Section 3: Advance Decisions – practical aspects

(3.1) Section 3: Advance Decisions – practical aspects

(3.2) Audio: the patient who wants to make an ADRT

(3.3) Comment

(3.4) Recommended points for discussion

(3.5) Making an ADRT: starting the process

(3.6) Making an ADRT: starting the process

(3.7) Making an ADRT: format

(3.8) Making an ADRT: format

(3.9) Making an ADRT: witnesses and distribution

(3.10) Audio: discussing an ADRT with a patient

(3.11) Factors to consider

(3.12) Section 3: Recap

(3.13) Section 3: Summary

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Appendix: transcripts

(2.7) Transcript: when an ADRT may no longer be valid

(2.9) Transcript: a difficult dilemma

(2.18) Transcript: a common scenario

(3.2) Transcript: the patient who wants to make an ADRT

(3.10) Transcript: discussing an ADRT with a patient