How should the patient’s medical history, including his historyof treatment refusal, impact decision-making during the period whenhe lacked decisional capacity?What justification might have been found to do the recommendedamputations over Jesse’s incapaci
- How should the patient’s medical history, including his historyof treatment refusal, impact decision-making during the period whenhe lacked decisional capacity?
- What justification might have been found to do the recommendedamputations over Jesse’s incapacitated objections?
- Might that course of action have been justified if the leginfections were determined to be the primary cause of his acutedecisional incapacity?
- What other recommendations might have come from ethicsconsultation?
- Treatment refusals—whether reasonable or unreasonable (and howwould Jesse’s be categorized?) can be emotionally difficult formembers of the care team. What should be done to support this careteam in light of Jesse’s decisions?
