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The Guide to Informed Decision-making in Health Care (Guide) documents the broadening approach to informed patient decision-making in Queensland Health and is intended to be contemporaneous with and reflect the national and international ethical, medico-legal and service delivery environment as it evolves and relates to Queensland. It guides good clinical practice within the prevailing legal ...
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BetaA clinician’s guide to medical decision making 5 Medical decision-making framework Medical decisions require a partnership between the patient, the patient’s medical treatment decision maker (if relevant), and the clinician. This partnership is reflected in the Medical Treatment Planning and Decisions Act 2016. The two sets of expertise ...
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BetaIn this sense, they are designed to meet Braddock’s criteria for informed decision-making. 3, 4 Decision aids have been developed in paper-based, video, and computer formats and have addressed a range of health questions from preventive services (e.g. prostate cancer screening) to single-event treatment decisions (breast conserving therapy vs. mastectomy for breast cancer) to treatment of ...
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BetaKey messages. The informed consent of a person must be sought before they are given any treatment or medical treatment under the Act. Everyone must be presumed to have capacity to make decisions about their treatment and medical treatment and to give informed consent, and a person can make a decision that others may regard as unwise, regardless of their age or legal status under the Act.
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Betasubstitute decision-maker) their options for treatment, the potential outcomes (positive, negative and neutral), risks and benefits and what this might mean for them. The person or their substitute decision-maker will make an informed decision based on this information. Informed consent in health care For there to be valid informed consent,
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Betamedical trainees and medical practitioners and is likely to conform to legal obligations. The High Court of Australia has suggested that the term duty to disclose might be preferable to informed consent [2]. Others have suggested the use of terms such as shared and/or informed decision making. We have retained the term informed consent
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Beta1.6 What process of informed decision-making needs to be followed? 4 1.6.1 Assessing the information a patient might require 4 1.6.2 Providing sufficient information so the patient or decision-maker can make an informed decision 5 1.6.3 How much detail does a patient or decision-maker need to be given? 6 1.6.4 Presenting information 7
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BetaCapacity is the basis of informed consent. Patients have medical decision-making capacity if they can demonstrate understanding of the situation, appreciation of the consequences of their decision ...
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BetaYou have the right to be involved in decisions with your healthcare professional. You should be able to make those decisions together. Patient decision aids support conversations and help patients make informed choices. We've developed several tools to support shared decision making for specific conditions.
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BetaThis guidance explains that the exchange of information between medical professionals and patient is essential to good decision making. Serious harm can result if patients are not listened to, or if they are not given the information they need - and time and support to understand it - so they can make informed decisions about their care.
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