Consent Quiz

Do you know when consent is required? 

Do you know who can and who cannot provide it?

Who must ask for it?

Take the consent quiz to find out how well you understand consent to treatment in Ontario

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Consent Quiz

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1. A resident must consent to a capacity evaluation.

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2. Ontario's Health Care Consent Act includes principles that substitute decision makers are to follow when making treatment decisions for someone else.

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3. Capable residents have the right to refuse treatment - even if health care providers think it would be beneficial, or life-saving.

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4. Informed consent is needed for treatment in almost all situations.

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5. The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario requires informed consent for all "Do Not Resuscitate" or "DNR" orders.

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6. Physicians cannot provide consent for treatment for their patients.

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7. When equally ranked substitute decision makers disagree, the healthcare provider can go to the Public Guardian and Trustee for consent.

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8. A written signature from the decision maker shows that informed consent was obtained.

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9. Even if a resident is capable, informed consent for treatment must also be obtained from the person named in the resident's Power of Attorney for Personal Care document.

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10. Health care providers must still obtain informed consent even if the resident's wishes are known.

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