Withholding/Withdrawing of Life-Prolonging Treatment and Measures - 1.0 Credit

Withholding/Withdrawing of Life-Prolonging Treatment and Measures

Presented by: The Florida Professional Liability Self-Insurance Programs
 

Disclosure Statement: The Florida Professional Liability Self-Insurance Program has disclosed that they have no relevant financial relationships.  No one else in a position to control content has any financial relationships to disclose.

Requirements for Successful Completion: This CME activity consists of an educational component (slides, audio/online lecture) which is followed by an online post-test.  Certificates are awarded upon successful completion (80% proficiency) of the post-test.  In order to receive credit, participants must view the presentation in its entirety.

Release Date: 07/01/2021

Expiration Date: 12/31/2023

Target Audience: Physicians, Specialty Physicians, Physician Assistants, Nurses, and Residents. 

Learning Objectives: As a result of the participation in this activity, participants should be able to: 
1. Explain the doctrine of patient autonomy.

2. Define competence, often referred to as capacity, and distinguish these terms from incompetency, often referred to as incapacity.

3. Define life-prolonging procedures.

4. Determine when a patient is in a persistent vegetative state, an end-stage condition, or a terminal condition.

5. Distinguish between advance directives and decisions of legal representatives.

6. Recite the procedure for withholding or withdrawing life-prolonging procedures for competent / capacitated adults.

7. Recite the procedure for withholding or withdrawing life-prolonging procedures for incompetent/incapacitated adults.

8. Identify Florida Statutes and regulations relevant to the withholding or withdrawing of life-prolonging procedures.

CME Advisory Committee Disclosure: Conflict of interest information for the CME Advisory Committee members can be found on the following website: https://cme.ufl.edu/disclosure/.  All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.

Accreditation: The University of Florida College of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit: The University of Florida College of Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Contact: If you have any questions please feel free to contact SIPHELP at (352) 273-7006 or at SIPHELP@ad.ufl.edu.

Bibliographic Sources:
1. Florida Statutes Chapter 381: Patient's Bill of Rights and Responsibilities.

2. Florida Statutes Chapter 765: Health Care Advanced Directives.

3. Florida Statutes Section 766.103: Florida Medical Consent Law.

4. Union Pacific Railroad v. Botsford, 141 U.S. 250,251 (1891).

5. Schloendorff v. Society of New York Hospital, 105 N.E. 92, 93 (NY 1014).

6. Cruzen v. Harman, 760 S.W. 2d 408 (Mo 1988).

7. Salgo v. Leland Stanford Jr. University Board of Trustees, 317 P.2d 170 (Cal. App. 1957).

8. 38 C.F.R. sec 9.20.

9. Florida Probate Rules, rule 5.900.

10. Florida Statutes Chapter 743: Disability of Nonage of Minors Removed.

11. Department of Health Do Not Resuscitate Order (Form 1896).