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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  
Handling Emergencies?
A doctor may safely provide treatment which is considered to be in the patient’s best interest unless there is a valid and applicable ADRT.

Emergency treatment should not be delayed in order to look for an ADRT, if there is no clear indication that one exists.
Additional Information: ADRT National Guide - p:24 - 9.55
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