Mental Health Law (Archived)
Activity
Large Group Session
An overview of mental health and consent law in Ontario. Consent and capacity. Consent to treatment doctrine as commonly applied at many Ontario health facilities. Consent to treatment doctrine as required by Ontario law. The Health Care Consent Act (HCCA) sets out a single set of rules for consent to treatment. Failure to obey the rules is defined by CPSO as professional misconduct.

Curriculum Block

Brain and Behaviour / Medical Foundation 4 / Part 4 / Week 1
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Tags

Archived
Archived
Basic Sciences
Ethics
C2LEO
Professional
CanMEDS Roles
Communicator Medical Expert
Cohort Year
2010
Curriculum Block
Brain and Behaviour Medical Foundation 4 Part 4 Week 1
Curriculum Week
Part 4 Week 9
Discipline
Psychiatry
General MCC Objectives
Law And Ethics
MCC Presentations
Consent Legal system Major/Mild Neurocognitive Disorders (Dementia) Psychosis
McMaster Program Competencies
1.1 Gather essential and accurate information about patients and their health through history-taking, physical examination, and the use of laboratory data, imaging, and other tests. 1.7 Counsel and educate patients and their families to empower them to participate in their care and enable shared decision-making 1.9 Provide health care services to patients, families, and communities aimed at preventing health problems or maintaining health 4.1 Communicate effectively with patients, families, and the public, as appropriate, across a broad range of socioeconomic and sociocultural backgrounds 4.3 Demonstrate sensitivity, honesty, and compassion in difficult conversations, including those about death, end of life, adverse events, bad news, disclosure of errors, and other sensitive topics 4.4 Demonstrate insight and understanding about emotions and human responses to emotions that allow one to develop and manage interpersonal interactions, including the ability to manage one’s own interpersonal responses 4.5 Maintain comprehensive, timely, and legible medical records 5.1 Demonstrate accountability to patients, society, and the profession 5.2 Demonstrate compassion, integrity, and respect for others 5.4 Demonstrate respect for patient confidentiality, privacy and autonomy 5.5 Demonstrate sensitivity and responsiveness to a diverse patient population, including all dimensions of diversity such as those that are included in human rights legislation and federal and provincial law. 5.6 Demonstrate a critical understanding of personal, professional and institutional power and privilege and utilize anti-oppressive practice to create patient experiences where marginalization and oppression are minimized. 5.7 Demonstrate the application of ethical principles to commonly encountered ethical issues such as the provision or withholding of care, confidentiality, informed consent, and including compliance with relevant laws, policies, and regulations 6.1 Understand the systems of healthcare, including federal, provincial, municipal and local, and the influences they have on the health of individuals and populations 6.9 Perform administrative and practice management responsibilities commensurate with one’s role, abilities, and qualifications
MeSH
Ethics [N05.350] Informed Consent [N03.706.437.650.312] Mental Competency [N03.706.535.625] Professional Misconduct [K01.559.411.768] Third-Party Consent [N03.706.535.489.635]