MH maintains a conscientious objection to the EOLC Act and cannot be involved with any assisted dying services. Under the Act MH is obliged to inform the patient of their rights to contact the SCENZ group for the further information.
No. An ACP is irrelevant as the request for AD services must come from a person who is competent to make an informed decision and able to sign/date the AD forms.
The act states that the option of receiving assisted dying can ONLY be started by the person themselves and Healthcare professionals must not initiate any discussion about assisted dying. Also MH holds a conscientious objection to the Act so will not be involved in assisted dying.
No. This is because of MH’s position as a conscientious objector.
Yes. MH will continue to provide palliative care even if the patient avails themselves of assisted dying. Bereavement support will be available, as usual MH practice, to whānau of all MH patients.
The Act does not require the patient to inform their whānau about their request for Assisted Dying. Your health information will be treated with the same high level of confidentiality required for all health records. As MH is a conscientious objector, we will direct patients to the SCENZ Group on the Ministry of Health website, for them to access independently.
The Act states that only the person who wishes to exercise the option of receiving assisted dying is permitted to make the request.
MH holds a conscientious objection (CO) to the End of Life Choice Act 2019 (EOLC Act) and cannot be actively involved with any assisted dying services. MH will however continue to provide high quality palliative care and support to our patients and their whānau regardless of a patient’s wish for assisted dying.
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