Palliative Care
,Medico-legal
,Individual Care / Management
Plan
• Should be developed for the care of an imminently dying patient i.
within hours or days
• Should include the patient’s
• Personal goals and wishes
• Understanding and information needs
• Preferred place of care and death
• Current and anticipated needs
• Any care needs after death
• Should also include assessment of the needs of those important to
the patient
, Medico-Legal: Palliative Care
Documentation
• Advance Care Planning
• Voluntary discussion and review about future care and treatment in the ev
of loss of capacity
• Advance Statements
• Written statement that sets out the patient’s preferences, wishes, beliefs a
values regarding care
• Should be used to inform best interests decisions if the patient loses capac
,Medico-legal
,Individual Care / Management
Plan
• Should be developed for the care of an imminently dying patient i.
within hours or days
• Should include the patient’s
• Personal goals and wishes
• Understanding and information needs
• Preferred place of care and death
• Current and anticipated needs
• Any care needs after death
• Should also include assessment of the needs of those important to
the patient
, Medico-Legal: Palliative Care
Documentation
• Advance Care Planning
• Voluntary discussion and review about future care and treatment in the ev
of loss of capacity
• Advance Statements
• Written statement that sets out the patient’s preferences, wishes, beliefs a
values regarding care
• Should be used to inform best interests decisions if the patient loses capac
