MDU webinar: Assessing capacity

Assessing capacity is part and parcel of being a doctor. A patient's ability to make a decision with regard to treatment is central to the interaction between doctor and patient, and affects the care you provide.

Hosted by the MDU's medico-legal advisers, Jerard Ross, Dr John Dale Skinner and Dr Ed Nandasoma, the session will cover the steps to take when assessing a patient's capacity to make a decision regarding their treatment and other key areas.

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2:32 Capacity legislation
8:54 Applying the medical capacity test in Scotland
16:57 Lasting power of attorney
21:17 Advanced decisions
28:20 Communication of advanced decisions
33:21 Will and disputes
36:01 Testamentary capacity
46:43 Retrospective requests for a report
48:17 Summary
49:24 Q&A - testamentary capacity assessment
51:06 Q&A - capacity in the emergency department
54:27 Q&A - questions to assess capacity
56:30 Q&A - paperwork when assessing capacity