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If the disease is severe enough to justify an untested treatment with unknown toxicity they aren't aware enough to grant consent.
by jpollock 1y ago
If the disease is severe enough to justify an untested treatment with unknown toxicity they aren't aware enough to grant consent.
- harry8 1y agoTrue. But they could give consent in advance. If this horrific disease progresses to the point where ... I give my consent for ... Subject to final approval from family member/doctor/whatever.
- arijun 1y agoIsn't that what power of attorney already is?
- jpollock 1y agoPower of attorney isn't unlimited These are untested treatments with unknown impacts. Consider playing Russian roulette with the patient. The risk isn't the same but the outcomes have the same range. From nothing to death.
- Someone 1y ago> But they could give consent in advance. There is plenty of data that shows that people are bad judges of their future opinions. “If X happened to me, I wouldn’t want to live anymore” often turns out to not be true. That makes it questionably whether consent years or even months ago implies consent now. And yes, that is very problematic in cases such as Alzheimer’s where people cannot consent now.
- lostlogin 1y agoMost dementia patients have good days and bad. If they consent one day, then don’t the next, what do you do?
- Suppafly 1y ago>they aren't aware enough to grant consent That's not really an obstacle, people in those situations have family members consent for all sorts of treatment already.