BMC Medical Ethics Publishes New Study on Junior MDs & Advance Care Directives

(Via BMC Medical Ethics) On July 14, 2022, BMC Medical Ethics published, “Junior medical doctors’ decision making when using advance care directives to guide treatment for people with dementia: a cross-sectional vignette study.” It concluded that there are critical gaps in junior doctors’ compliance with the law as it relates to the implementation of ACDs and urged more training and education to improve their compliance with the law and guide clinical decision making. Despite there being differences in relation to the legal answer and its certainty, clinical and ethical factors guided decision-making over and above the law in both vignettes. Click here to read the study.