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Capacity and Judgment Evaluations for Patients Considering Aid in Dying

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If you would like to receive 1 unit of CME/CE credit for this session, please progress from the Pre-test Quiz below, to the Video, to the Post-test quiz after completing the video.

Pre-test Quiz, Capacity, 2023

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Primary responsibility for determining a patient’s capacity to make medical decisions resides with:*
- The attending physician who would be prescribing
- The consulting physician
- The social worker
- The hospice medical director
Where there is concern that a patient may lack capacity to make medical decisions, upon whose opinion should the decision be made as to whether or not to proceed with prescribing?*
- The local probate court judge
- The consulting mental health professional
- The ethics committee
- The consulting physician
An attending physician who participates regularly in prescribing aid-in-dying medications for his terminally ill cancer patients feels uncomfortable about prescribing for a particular patient who appears to meet all of the legal criteria for aid in dying. Under such circumstances:*
- The attending physician can decline to prescribe.
- The attending physician has a legal obligation to prescribe.
- The consulting physician must prescribe
- The hospice medical director must prescribe
Which statement correctly describes how the presence of a chronic psychiatric illness affects a patient’s capacity make medical decisions, such as pursuing aid in dying?*
- Patients with chronic psychiatric illness lack capacity to make medical decisions, including medical aid in dying.
- Patients with chronic psychiatric illness have impaired judgment, disqualifying them from aid in dying.
- Patients with serious psychiatric illness warrant a psychiatric evaluation to assess decision-making capacity and impaired judgment
- Patients with chronic psychiatric illness qualify for aid in dying as long as they have never been institutionalized.

You must answer 3 of 4 questions correctly to receive credit. Refresh this page if you need to retake the test. Do not hit “submit” unless you have answered 3 of 4 questions correctly.

Post-test Quiz, Capacity, 2023

Name*
First Last
Degree*
Email*
Date*
MM slash DD slash YYYY
Primary responsibility for determining a patient’s capacity to make medical decisions resides with:*
- The attending physician who would be prescribing
- The consulting physician
- The social worker
- The hospice medical director
Where there is concern that a patient may lack capacity to make medical decisions, upon whose opinion should the decision be made as to whether or not to proceed with prescribing?*
- The local probate court judge
- The consulting mental health professional
- The ethics committee
- The consulting physician
An attending physician who participates regularly in prescribing aid-in-dying medications for his terminally ill cancer patients feels uncomfortable about prescribing for a particular patient who appears to meet all of the legal criteria for aid in dying. Under such circumstances:*
- The attending physician can decline to prescribe.
- The attending physician has a legal obligation to prescribe.
- The consulting physician must prescribe
- The hospice medical director must prescribe
Which statement correctly describes how the presence of a chronic psychiatric illness affects a patient’s capacity make medical decisions, such as pursuing aid in dying?*
- Patients with chronic psychiatric illness lack capacity to make medical decisions, including medical aid in dying.
- Patients with chronic psychiatric illness have impaired judgment, disqualifying them from aid in dying.
- Patients with serious psychiatric illness warrant a psychiatric evaluation to assess decision-making capacity and impaired judgment
- Patients with chronic psychiatric illness qualify for aid in dying as long as they have never been institutionalized.
Certification: I certify that I have spent at least 1 hour to watch this video and answer the pre- and post-test quizzes, for 1 unit of continuing education credit.*
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Capacity and Judgment Evaluations for Patients Considering Aid in Dying

Verification & Certification

Pre-Test Quiz

Pre-test Quiz, Capacity, 2023

Post-Test Quiz

Post-test Quiz, Capacity, 2023

Payment

Continuing Education Payment Form

Continuing Education Payment and Certificate

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Evaluation

Continuing Education Evaluation Form

Teaching and supporting best practices for the care of patients considering or completing medical aid in dying.