{"id":4919,"date":"2020-05-16T22:04:13","date_gmt":"2020-05-16T22:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.tvndy.ca\/faq\/we-already-allow-withdrawal-and-withholding-of-treatment-and-the-informed-consent-process-used-for-that-seems-to-work-ok-isnt-that-enough-for-assisted-suicide\/"},"modified":"2020-09-21T14:52:17","modified_gmt":"2020-09-21T18:52:17","slug":"we-already-allow-withdrawal-and-withholding-of-treatment-and-the-informed-consent-process-used-for-that-seems-to-work-ok-isnt-that-enough-for-assisted-suicide","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/tvndy.ca\/en\/faq\/we-already-allow-withdrawal-and-withholding-of-treatment-and-the-informed-consent-process-used-for-that-seems-to-work-ok-isnt-that-enough-for-assisted-suicide\/","title":{"rendered":"16. We already allow withdrawal and withholding of treatment, and the informed consent process used for that seems to work OK. Isn\u2019t that enough for assisted suicide?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In fact there are many problems with the system as it is<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The use of Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) orders (also known as \u201cno code\u201d or \u201ccode zero\u201d) often leads to problems.\u00a0 Studies have shown that:\n<ul>\n<li>Medical staff often withhold other treatments besides CPR (such as dialysis, medications, tests, food and water, transfusions)<\/li>\n<li>People with disabilities are pressured to sign DNRs, or the orders are simply put on their charts without their knowledge or consent, or that of their families.<\/li>\n<li>Doctors sometimes give unclear or incorrect information about the medical outcome of signing or not signing a DNR.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>When a person asks that treatment be withheld or withdrawn, hospital protocols do not call for suicide prevention services, even though withholding treatment often leads to death.<\/li>\n<li>Doctors often wait too long to talk about end-of-life choices.\u00a0 When these conversations happen, the patient may be unconscious or otherwise unable to participate.<\/li>\n<li>Studies show that doctors sometimes make such decisions without the permission of the person or her family.<\/li>\n<li>The problems with informed consent that arise in assisted suicide are the same for withholding and withdrawal of treatment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n   ","protected":false},"author":1,"template":"","faq_groups":[],"class_list":["post-4919","faq","type-faq","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tvndy.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faqs\/4919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tvndy.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faqs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tvndy.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/faq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tvndy.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tvndy.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"faq-group","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tvndy.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq_groups?post=4919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}