Question

Briefly describe the following implications of implementing advance care planning and Advance Care Directives. 1 1 Refusal of Treatment Certificate 2 Ethical issues

Answer 1

Advance care planning enables people to make plans for their future health care plans.It is applicable to all stages of life.This is helpful when the patient is unable to communicate their health choices to health care profession. It relieves stress aand anxiety during the end of life care.

Advance healthcare directive is a legal document in which an individual can describe about the type of care to be given if sick and unable to communicate. Itbis also called as living will,medical directive,advance directive or personal directive. Health care proxy and power of attorney termed as five wishes is very common in US

The refusal of treatment certificate can be made by an adult of sound mind for making decision to refuse for treatment. It has to be signed by the patient who makes tge decision , physician and a witness. The patient can refuse treatment for current medical conditions and if should be specific regarding what is refused in treatment.

Ethical issues in healthcare are many some are as following

• Patient privacy and confidentiality
• End of life care or palliative care
• Transmission of disease
• Organ donars
• patients autonomy, justice, beneficiance
• Protection of private patient information forms a major ethical issues.