The patients wants to eat a normal diet and go home; in this case it is the patient right to refuse treatment. The patient is competent and since nursing homes will not take him he could possibly get an in-home nurse to take care of him. The informed consent in this case should be clearer to the patient. This would help the patient understand more about the consequences of not taking the feeding tube. With refusing treatment, the patient must be well-informed to make the decision, have proper decision-making capacity to understand the consequences of refusal, and make the decision without handling or pressure by outsiders. The doctors and nurses in this case should be constantly informing the patients of the risks and also any
The patients wants to eat a normal diet and go home; in this case it is the patient right to refuse treatment. The patient is competent and since nursing homes will not take him he could possibly get an in-home nurse to take care of him. The informed consent in this case should be clearer to the patient. This would help the patient understand more about the consequences of not taking the feeding tube. With refusing treatment, the patient must be well-informed to make the decision, have proper decision-making capacity to understand the consequences of refusal, and make the decision without handling or pressure by outsiders. The doctors and nurses in this case should be constantly informing the patients of the risks and also any