What factors are considered by the BCSC in determining whether a patient’s appointment is appropriate?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Welling (Re), 2018 BCSC 2402 (CanLII):
The first factor is whether the appointment reflects the patient’s wishes, obviously when he or she was capable of forming such a wish. Re Matthews 2013 BCSC 1045 and Balducci v. Valeria, 2016 BCSC 2333 confirm that this is an important consideration.
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