Medical Law Matters

1: Advance care planning (part 1)

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Welcome to episode 1 and the launch of our Medical Law Matters podcast.

As the first in a two-part series on advance care planning, Partner and Head of UK Medical Law Rob Tobin speaks to Dr Zoe Fritz, Consultant Physician at Addenbrooke’s Hospital and Wellcome Fellow in Society and Ethics, University of Cambridge.

Rob and Zoe discuss:

  • What is advance care planning?
  • Patient autonomy and choice
  • Clinician/patient conversations
  • Shared decision making and the importance of involving relatives
  • Treating a patient in their ‘best interests’
  • Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA)
  • Advance Decision to Refuse Treatment (ADRT)

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