When a Patient Is Clinically Unable to Give Consent to a Lifesaving

question 12

Multiple Choice

When a patient is clinically unable to give consent to a lifesaving emergency treatment, the law provides that ___________.

• A) consent is not implied on the presumption that a reasonable person would not consent to lifesaving medical interventions
• B) when an emergency situation does arise, there may be little opportunity to contact the attending physician, much less a consultant, thus consent is implied
• C) the patient's records must be incomplete with respect to the description of the patient's illness and condition
• D) consent cannot be implied

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