Daniel Sokol
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The new GMC guidance on consent states that doctors should usually disclose a risk of serious harm, “however unlikely it is to occur” (23(d)). I think this is a mistake.
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Thinking about problem of treating patient without adequate PPE. Imagine this: a 50-yr-old, suspected COVID patient (with no co-morbidities) chokes on food. HCW (a healthy, 35-year-old) has no adequate PPE.
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Medical Defence Union advises that doctors should not withdraw life-saving treatment that is in the patient’s interests unless the Court of Protection first rules that this is lawful. NHS trust
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