Decision Making

Question 1

Are competence and incompetence legal or medical terms?

Answer 1

Legal terms

Question 2

Is decisional capacity/incapacity a legal or medical term?

Answer 2

Medical

Question 3

Decisional capacity requires these things

Answer 3

1. the ability to understand relevant information
2. appreciate the medical situation and its consequences
3. communicate a choice
4. engage in rational deliberation

Question 4

An authorized person making medical decisions and acting on the patient’s behalf

Answer 4

Surrogate

Question 5

Authorizes a specific decision maker to make medical decisions on the patients behalf.

Answer 5

Durable power of attorney

Question 6

What does directive to physicians refer to?

Answer 6

A terminally ill patient can allow their doctor, if he deems appropriate, to end their life.

Question 7

Who typically is the surrogate for a patient?

Answer 7

1. The spouse
2. The adult child of the patient
3. Parent
4. Adult sibling

Question 8

Five wishes

Answer 8

1. The person I want to make care decisions for me when I cannot
2. The kind of medical treatment I want or do not want
3. How comfy I want to be
4. How I want people to treat me
5. What I want loved ones to know

Question 9

Standards for surrogate decisions

Answer 9

1. substituted judgement

2. best interests