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The case of Janet Tracey who died in Addenbrooke’s hospital after family claims that a "do not resuscitate" order was put in her
The case of Janet Tracey who died in Addenbrooke’s hospital after family claims that a "do not resuscitate" order was put in her
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2014-09-09
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The case of Janet Tracey who died in Addenbrooke’s hospital after family claims that a "do not resuscitate" order was put in her medical notes will, no doubt, encourage health managers to check how well staff and patients are acquainted with the use of such orders. They have been given official notice to do so before. In 2000, the Department of Health in England reminded local trusts they must have appropriate policies. This followed warnings from doctors that junior staff lacked proper guidance and training and from the charity Age Concern that older people were being written off.
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation(CPR)attempts to restore breathing or blood flow to those whose heart has stopped beating or who have stopped breathing. But while TV medical dramas may suggest it is often successful, statistics tell another story. Only 15~20% who have such treatment ever go home, according to the British Medical Association(BMA), which offers professional guidance on when Do not attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation(DNACPR)orders should be prepared. Rib fractures and brain injury are significant risks, says the NHS’s policy guidance in Scotland while its leaflet for patients, relatives and carers says: "Most patients never get back the physical or mental health they had before they were resuscitated. Some have brain damage or go into a coma. "
In an era when nearly 7 in 10 people die in hospital—and most have "do not resuscitate" orders—there is increasing pressure for more mentally competent adult patients to help plan towards the end of their lives. Adults can legally refuse medical treatment, even if that leads to their death. But the medical profession is also clear that doctors cannot be required to give treatment against their clinical judgment, although they should offer patients the chance of a second opinion, if possible. The General Medical Council(GMC)last year said there was no absolute obligation to prolong life.
In 2005, it won a case on appeal brought by Leslie Burke who had a degenerative brain condition. He had claimed a legal right to artificial nutrition and hydration, come what may, rather than give doctors the ultimate say. The GMC said the ruling meant that doctors had no legal or ethical obligation to agree to a patient’s request. The Scottish government is blunt on the issue. Its patient information leaflet says that while the healthcare team "must listen to your opinions and to anybody you want involved. .. you cannot demand treatment that will not work". In England, where successive governments have trumpeted a mantra of patient choice, Andrew Lansley, the health secretary, has stopped short of a national policy. He told the Guardian: "Our end of life care strategy commended the joint statement by the BMA, RON and the Resuscitation Council as a basis for local policy-making. "
Yet a number of soon-to-be abolished strategic health authorities in England want to harmonise policies across local care settings. In the words of Mike Richards, the government’s end-of-life czar, this "will minimise future problems with cross-boundary working by encouraging a consistent—or at least compatible—approach nationwide". A draft East Midlands document, for instance, says that there should be sensitive discussion with patients who want to insist on resuscitation in an attempt "to secure their understanding and acceptance of the DNACPR decision". It adds: "Although individuals do not have the right to demand that doctors carry out treatment against their clinical judgment, the person’s wishes to receive treatment should be respected wherever possible".
It will be April 2013 before the recently published regional policy in the East of England, where Addenbrooke’s is based, is fully implemented in all its trusts. It says that when a "do not resuscitate" decision has been made: "Opportunities to sensitively inform patients and relevant others should be sought unless it is judged that the burden of such a discussion would outweigh the possible benefit for the patient. " It also says that "where death is unavoidable,[a patient]should be allowed to die a natural death and it may not be appropriate in these circumstances to discuss a DNACPR decision".
NHS Scotland made quite clear why it had adopted a national policy last year. "The increased movement of patients and staff between different care settings makes a consistent approach to this complex and crucial area a necessity," it said. Local variations could cause misunderstandings and lead to distressing incidents for patients, families and staff. Vivienne Nathanson, director of professional activities at the BMA and a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, said it would be helpful for there to be a national policy in England.
She said: "Clinicians do not want to do things that are futile. They know when[CPR]can’t make a difference. All it may do is reinstitute sensation. You don’t want to do something that gets a little way but will not succeed. For a lot of doctors, this is instituting a lack of dignity, doing something because you can rather than because it will make a difference. " Nathanson said decisions not to resuscitate had to be made case by case. "There is no way of saying ’the following types of patient will not be resuscitated’. "
Communication was vital and all hospitals should have leaflets to help discussions with relatives. "There is very good research that when you tell people bad news, they don’t remember all of it. " Families of mentally competent adult patients had "no right to anything in law but in practice, we always try to talk to the family".
What is the "do not resuscitate" order? What does the case of Janet Tracey(para. 1)tell us?
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a policy referring to a medical policy to stop treatment/efforts stopped to prolong a patient’s life/restore breathing or blood flow/argument over the implementation of such a policy/the case of the patient’s family claiming the death of Janet Tracey was due to the "do not resuscitate" order, in other words, they mean the hospital should be responsible for her death/when the order should or could be given/whether the doctors should have the "ultimate say"/the issue of providing professional and proper guidance in the implementation of such order
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