Appointing a medical treatment decision maker
Making an advance care directive
See below
Identifying the medical treatment decision maker; how and when they act.
Medical treatment decision-making when a person is receiving compulsory treatment under the Mental Health Act.
Health practitioners are not required to administer futile or non-beneficial medical treatment.
Palliative care, for the relief of a patient's suffering, is treated differently from other forms of medical treatment
Unlike adults, people under the age of 18 years (minors) are not presumed to have the decision-making capacity.