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module 1 subtitle
Placing the ADRT Specialist Guidance
in Context
1.Introduction
2.Mental Capacity Act 2005
3.Duty of Care and Legal Requirements
4.Frequently Asked Questions
a. The Format of an ADRT?
b. Ethical Dilemma - 2
c. Refusing Life - Sustaining Treatment?
d. Personal Reflection - 4
e. Distributing an ADRT?
f. Relationship of the Mental Capacity Act to the Mental Health Act?
g. Is an ADRT legal?
h. Handling Emergencies?
i. Clinical Scenario - 4: Consent to healthcare treatment-blood transfusion
j. Conscientious Objection?
5.End of Module Quiz
Section 4 - Frequently Asked Questions  
 What is life Sustaining Treatment?
  • Depends on type and circumstances of intervention
  • Artificial Hydration and Nutrition is a clinical intervention and is considered treatment
  • Basic care is not treatment eg hygiene, warmth, the offer of food and water (by normal routes)
It is essential this is clarified to people at the time of decision
Additional Information: ADRT National Guide - p:16 - 9.25
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