Capacity & Informed Consent — Medical English Ep. 20

An elderly patient is due a routine MRI, and his daughter has one urgent question: on a day his capacity is fluctuating, who actually gets to decide?
Dr. Rao walks the family through informed consent, capacity, and best-interests decision-making — in plain, reassuring language. This is one of the most legally sensitive conversations in medicine, and one of the most exam-relevant: capacity and consent appear in every NMC OSCE blueprint and across the doctor profession of OET Speaking.
Vocabulary: Capacity (to consent) · Informed consent · Best interests · Next of kin · Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) · Advance decision / directive · Fluctuating capacity · Understanding the information · Weighing up the decision · Voluntary decision
This content is for language learning purposes only and does not constitute medical or legal advice.
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