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Kings Chambers Debrief Episode 17: Serious Medical Treatment with Dr Jennifer Abthorpe

October 20, 2020 Kings Chambers
Kings Chambers Debrief Episode 17: Serious Medical Treatment with Dr Jennifer Abthorpe
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Kings Chambers Podcast
Kings Chambers Debrief Episode 17: Serious Medical Treatment with Dr Jennifer Abthorpe
Oct 20, 2020
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In this episode, Sam Karim QC, Eliza Sharron and Arianna Kelly speak with Critical Care & Anaesthesia specialist Dr Jennifer Abthorpe about issues relating to Serious Medical Treatment. 
 
Drawing on Dr Abthorpe's extensive experience working in a critical care department during the pandemic, the podcast covers issues of capacity to make decisions about treatment for patients with COVID-19, as well as important recent case law on advance decisions relating to treatment and capacity in the context of serious medical treatment applications

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In this episode, Sam Karim QC, Eliza Sharron and Arianna Kelly speak with Critical Care & Anaesthesia specialist Dr Jennifer Abthorpe about issues relating to Serious Medical Treatment. 
 
Drawing on Dr Abthorpe's extensive experience working in a critical care department during the pandemic, the podcast covers issues of capacity to make decisions about treatment for patients with COVID-19, as well as important recent case law on advance decisions relating to treatment and capacity in the context of serious medical treatment applications