advance directives
Advance directives, or advance statements, also known as living wills, have statutory power under the Mental Capacity Act 2005 when they constitute advance refusals. The implications for ethical care at the end of life are significant.
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who cared for Kerrie? (nucleus - spring 2010)
Lizzie Groom considers the consquences of a hard case. - On 18 September 2007 Kerrie Wooltorton, a 26- year-old woman, was rushed into Norwich University Hospital A&E department having called an ambulance after drinking lethal antifreeze in an attempt to commit suicide. What happened next turned...
Submission to GMC: end of life treatment and care - 13/7/2009
Text of an online submission from the Christian Medical Fellowship to the General Medical Council on End of life treatment and care: Good practice in decision making A draft for consultation (CMF's online answers and comments are to be found in red after the 39 specific questions.) Introduction - This consultation asks for your views on the draft...Advance decisions to refuse treatment - Ethical and practical concerns (triple helix - summer 2008)
Salford City Council has begun promoting cards announcing 'Advance Decisions to Refuse Treatment'.[1] Christened ADRTs by the media, these wallet-sized cards display a prominent cartoon bubble saying 'Stop' and carry NHS and Council logos. They are attached to an explanatory leaflet and are being...
Statement by the Christian Medical Fellowship on the Advance Decision to Refuse Treatment card being promoted by Salford City Council
9/6/2008
Introduction - Salford City Council (in the Greater Manchester area) has begun promoting cards announcing 'Advance Decisions to Refuse Treatment' (already christened ADRTs by the media). The small wallet-sized cards with a prominent cartoon bubble saying 'Stop', attached to an explanatory leaflet, are being promoted extensively in pubs, libraries,...
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Mental Capacity Act Code of Practice - A response from CMF to the Department for Constitutional Affairs - 2/6/2006
Introduction - The Christian Medical Fellowship (CMF) is an interdenominational organisation with more than 4,500 British doctors as members. All are Christians who desire their professional and personal lives to be governed by the Christian faith as revealed in the Bible. Members practise in all branches of the profession, and through the...Loosley drafted Mental Capacity Bill provides inadequate protection for vulnerable patients, warn Christian doctors and lawyers (14/12/2004)
Government efforts to force Bill through could allow euthanasia in by the 'back door' The Mental Capacity Bill, which begins its report stage in the House of Commons today [14 December] is loosely drafted and in its present form leaves open a door whereby some mentally incapacitated patients could be starved, dehydrated and left to die, the...Read Full Release...
File 19 (2002) - Advanced Directives (CMF files)
Many people are worried that serious illness may leave them 'kept alive' by medical technology. They fear that in such a state they would be unable to express their wishes about which treatments they do or do not want. Making an advance directive is one proposed solution. While these may be useful...
Chapter 4 - Should Doctors Support the Living Will? (Euthanasia Booklet)
Although the concept of the living will has been around in the USA for over 20 years, there are still some doctors in Britain to whom it is unfamiliar. So it will be well to start with a definition. The term 'living will' has been applied to a written statement made by an individual in good health...
Submission from CMF to the BMA Working Party on Advance Directives - 1/1/1994
Introduction - Christian Medical Fellowship is interdenominational and has as members well over 4,000 British doctors who are Christians and who desire their professional and personal lives to be governed by the Christian faith as revealed in the Bible. We have members in all branches of the profession and through the International Christian...Living Wills - Should we Support Them? (nucleus - summer 1993)
Introduction - Advance Directives, also known less helpfully as 'Living Wills', are documents which allow people to express in advance how they would like to be treated, or how they would not like to be treated, should they become incapable of communicating their views to doctors and other...