Mary Wilson
Well-known member
By FENIT NIRAPPIL AND YASMEEN ABUTALEB
Published: December 20, 2020
More than 3 million elderly and infirm residents of nursing homes and other long-term-care facilities may face delays in getting coronavirus vaccines as the facilities confront the difficult task of obtaining consent, which consumer advocates, operators and some health officials say should have been simplified and started earlier by the federal government.
... Facilities must track down relatives or attorneys in those cases, which could take days or weeks. In some instances, they may need to resolve disputes when family members disagree on whether their loved ones should receive a vaccine.
... "A number of long-term facilities have said the consent form can be done orally or electronically, so for those facilities that are allowing that to occur, we're obviously complying with that because it is making it easier,"
https://www.stripes.com/news/us/nurs...cines-1.655930
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My personal comment:
Oral consent!! Unbelievable. This goes 100% against ethical medical practice .
Published: December 20, 2020
More than 3 million elderly and infirm residents of nursing homes and other long-term-care facilities may face delays in getting coronavirus vaccines as the facilities confront the difficult task of obtaining consent, which consumer advocates, operators and some health officials say should have been simplified and started earlier by the federal government.
... Facilities must track down relatives or attorneys in those cases, which could take days or weeks. In some instances, they may need to resolve disputes when family members disagree on whether their loved ones should receive a vaccine.
... "A number of long-term facilities have said the consent form can be done orally or electronically, so for those facilities that are allowing that to occur, we're obviously complying with that because it is making it easier,"
https://www.stripes.com/news/us/nurs...cines-1.655930
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My personal comment:
Oral consent!! Unbelievable. This goes 100% against ethical medical practice .