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Divorce or not - your thoughts please?
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Dcotors make medical decisions, not family or spouses. One would hope the doctors know how to treat a patient and don't have to ask non-medically trained people. Neither husband nor partner can consent to treatment or refuse it on behalf of the patient.gingercordial wrote: »Reasons to divorce - including getting a financial settlement:
- At the moment you will each be the one to make medical decisions for the other. If you are unconscious and need treatment they will need to ask your husband what to do, not your partner. Your husband will be entitled to be at your bedside, not your partner. If your husband wants to ban your partner from being there with you he can.
The patient can nominate their "Next of kin" (a status with no legal definition or standing in this context) on admittance, or by carrying a next of kin card that sets it out.Proud member of the wokerati, though I don't eat tofu.Home is where my books are.Solar PV 5.2kWp system, SE facing, >1% shading, installed March 2019.Mortgage free July 20230
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