Second Tuesday of each Month
We will begin meeting the Second Tuesday of each month at 7pm at The Link. I am working on agenda items and guest speakers for the next few meetings. I have a number of ideas, but would welcome any suggestions or areas you would like covered.Consent and Capacity
One area that has received some attention of late is consent. A number of family members have asked me about having appropriate consent for medical professionals to share information about their family members with them. As long as the patient wishes, and is competent to make that decision, they can fill out a consent form allowing and specifically asking medical professionals to share all medically relevant information with you. Sometimes a patient does not wish to have their medical information shared with family members and if they are competent to make that decision there is little that families can do.Here is a link to a CMHA page dealing with consent, capacity and substitute decision making. At the end of the page there is a link to a sample document which could be used by family members to have the patient extend consent to their health care providers to share information with family members.
http://ontario.cmha.ca/public-policy/capacity-building/privacy-toolkit/chapter-3-consent-capacity-and-substitute-decision-making/
