Best Practice ACP Principles
1. Adults are presumed to have capacity
2. Decisions are person-centred
3. Decision-making must reflect respect for life and the person’s right to personal autonomy
4. Quality of life is defined by the individual
5. Care should be multidisciplinary in nature to meet the individual needs of the person and their family
6. Health decisions may be broad and can relate to any time in the future
7. All efforts will be made to obtain the appropriate consent through a collaborative approach
8. Substitute decision-maker/s make decisions in the person’s best interests
9. Transparency and accountability for decision-making
10. ACP is more than planning for decisions about life-sustaining medical treatment at the end of life.
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