Doctoring Dying
- ISBN-10
- 098060544X
- ISBN-13
- 9780980605440
- Category
- Reference
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-10-21
- Publisher
- Angela Smith
- Author
- Angela Smith
Description
Doctoring Dying is a cautionary tale for anybody with assets and a family (or government) that wants you to sign over those assets before you are dead. It highlights the perils of signing away decision-making rights through EPAs EPGs and AHDs or Living Wills. Doctoring Dying summarises the inappropriate capacity assessment process routinely undertaken by doctors – and which the Western Australian State Administrative Tribunal (SAT) steadfastly relies upon when making a ruling as to whether someone does or doesn’t have capacity to make decisions for themselves. And if SAT gets it wrong – which routinely happens – the disempowered victim can look forward to joining the ranks of similar victims whose entire lives have been ruined. Attempt to protest your innocence or capacity, and you can expect to be declared as exhibiting behavioural symptoms of dementia (and end up chemically restrained in a locked ward).
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