Aims: This Handbook represents initial good practice guidance and resources to help PCTs to review current decision-making processes about the funding of medicines with co-operation from Provider Trusts and other stakeholders. Intended audience: Healthcare professionals. Publication history information: Published February 2009. Access: Available to the general public.
The National Library of Guidelines is a collection of guidelines for the NHS. It is based on the guidelines produced by NICE and other national agencies. The main focus of the Library is on guidelines produced in the UK, but where no UK guideline is available, guidelines from other countries are included in the collection. NICE issues guidelines of very high quality. They are based on a systematic review of the evidence and have extensive consultation not only with clinicians but also with patients and, where relevant, industry. Professional associations do not have the resources to carry out this type of consultation but they can follow the principles set out in the AGREE protocol which helps guideline writers minimise bias, meet the needs of all stakeholders and maximise clarity.
Aims: These guidance notes have been produced to help healthcare workers and organisations to achieve uniformly high standards in making DNAR decisions and in ensuring that all relevant aspects of these decisions are recorded and communicated to others effectively. They are not intended to be a comprehensive guide to decisions about cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Intended audience: Healthcare professionals. Publication history information: Published May 2009. Access: Available to the general public.
The aim of this guideline is to inform health and social care professionals on how best to manage advance care planning (ACP) in clinical practice. At the core of current health and social care are efforts to maximise individuals’ autonomy, promote patient-centred care, offer choice and the right to decide one’s own treatment or care. This can be difficult to achieve when an individual has lost capacity – the ability to make their own, informed decision. ACP is one method of enhancing autonomy, not only where an individual has lost capacity, but also by focussing discussion on the individual’s values and preferences throughout the time they are in contact with health or social care professionals. Whilst ACP has been used for some time in North America, there has been relatively little experience in the use of ACP in the UK. This set of concise evidence-based guidelines has therefore been prepared to guide practitioners.
Aims: This guidance relating to the management of the birth of extremely preterm babies (at less than 26 weeks of gestation) is aimed at both parents and healthcare professionals. It addresses communication before delivery, management recommendations, neonatal resuscitation and ethical considerations. Intended audience: Obstetricians, healthcare professionals working in maternity settings, parents of preterm babies. Publication history information: Published online 06 October 2008.
Patient records in general practice surgeries are a unique resource that can provide evidence to help medical researchers improve their understanding of disease, develop potential new treatments and improve patient care. But patient information is both sensitive and private, and the security of personal data must be safeguarded. There is considerable uncertainty about the processes that should be used when information from patient records is required for research. The best practice guidance described in this document was developed during a national consensus meeting held at the Wellcome Trust in 2008 with GPs, researchers and patient groups. It is intended as the first step in a process to ensure that patients and GPs have confidence in the processes used to access patient information.
Doctors are being urged to discuss end-of-life care with the terminally ill well in advance of their final days. The General Medical Council, the profession's regulator, says early discussions can help avoid misunderstandings and conflict. In new guidelines, the GMC says doctors should start from the assumption that life should be prolonged, although not at any cost. Opportunities should also be sought to discuss organ donation.
In de liturgisch-pastorale praktijk wordt men geconfronteerd met de vraag in hoeverre sacramentenbediening en kerkelijke uitvaartplechtigheden mogelijk zijn in geval van euthanasie en suïcide. Deze vragen hebben niet alleen betrekking op degene die zelf om euthanasie vraagt of op wie suïcide pleegt, maar ook op omstaanders die hebben ingestemd, resp. medewerking verleend. De Nederlandse bisschoppen hebben in oktober 2005 de brochure "Pastoraat rond het verzoek om euthanasie of hulp bij suïcide. Een handreiking voor studie en bezinning" uitgegeven. Daarin geven zij naast een aantal overwegingen bijgaande liturgisch-pastorale richtlijnen.
The General Medical Council is consulting on our new draft guidance for the Investigation Committee and case examiners (decision-makers) to use when they are considering allegations about a doctor’s fitness to practise that relate to encouraging or assisting suicide.
Guidance for the Investigation Committee and case examiners when considering allegations about a doctor’s involvement in encouraging or assisting suicide. Draft for consultation Start: Feb 6, 2012 End: May 4, 2012 Results Published: Jul 31, 2012
This document is intended to provide guidance as to the principles that will be applied by the Irish authorities when considering (i) whether a child is an Irish citizen, and (ii) who the child's legal parents and guardians are, for the purposes of dealing with applications for travel documents on behalf of children born outside the State as a result of surrogacy arrangements.
V. Guizilini, R. Hou, J. Li, R. Ambrus, and A. Gaidon. 8th International Conference on Learning Representations, ICLR 2020, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, April 26-30, 2020, OpenReview.net, (2020)