Values of beneficence and patient autonomy

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What are your conclusions with this topic of consent and capacity, what stance did you take in your questions from the AIM topics, (this are the questions: How can the values of beneficence and patient autonomy be balanced when patients are incapable of making decisions ? What role does patient written preferences and informed consent play in directing health-related choices or treatment options when patients are cognitively impaired? What ethical and legal implications should be taken into consideration when requesting approval from courts to refuse or stop providing life-sustaining treatment to patients who are incapacitated despite the preference of family ? How can doctors and nurses adequately inform family members about the prognosis, available treatments, and possible outcomes when aggressive life-sustaining therapies may not be in the patient's quality of life?) you can use stats for your conclusion, graphs, percentage, you can use case studies you can also look at what other countries are doing variances in expected results, and what research did you do to validate your claims?

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