Anaes SAQs · Ethics, consent & medicolegal
The duty of candour and the end-of-life decisions
Final SAQ — the duty of candour (the timely, the honest, the empathic, the apologetic disclosure); the patient and the family experience; the end-of-life decisions (the DNACPR, the futility, the withdrawal, the palliation); the advance directives; and the conditional outcomes.
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Discuss the duty of candour (the open disclosure of the harm) and the ethical issues in the end-of-life decisions (the DNACPR, the futility, the withdrawal).
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Discuss the duty of candour (the open disclosure of the harm) and the ethical issues in the end-of-life decisions (the DNACPR, the futility, the withdrawal).
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- [5]De Brun A, et al. Understanding patient and family experience of the open disclosure process. BMC Med Ethics, 2026.PMID 41814246
- [7]Vergano M, et al. Sliding doors at the bedside: conditional outcomes and moral judgments in end-of-life care. Crit Care, 2026.PMID 41965692