Book contents
- OSCEs for the Final FCICM
- Reviews
- OSCEs for the Final FCICM
- Copyright page
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Disclaimer
- Introduction
- Section 1Data Interpretation
- Section 2Equipment
- Section 3Imaging
- Section 4ECG
- Section 5Communication and Ethics
- Communication & Ethics 4Chapter
- Section 6Resuscitation and Simulation
- Index
- References
Communication & Ethics 4 - Chapter
from Section 5 - Communication and Ethics
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 September 2026
Book contents
- OSCEs for the Final FCICM
- Reviews
- OSCEs for the Final FCICM
- Copyright page
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Disclaimer
- Introduction
- Section 1Data Interpretation
- Section 2Equipment
- Section 3Imaging
- Section 4ECG
- Section 5Communication and Ethics
- Communication & Ethics 4Chapter
- Section 6Resuscitation and Simulation
- Index
- References
Summary
Mrs Ferguson is a 76-year-old lady who suffered an intracranial haemorrhage 2 weeks ago. She has some residual brainstem activity but has not regained any level of consciousness and extends to pain only. Pupils are fixed and dilated. A CT brain scan shows loss of grey–white differentiation, old subarachnoid blood and bilateral cortical infarcts. The neurosurgeons have nothing further to offer in terms of surgical management. An EEG shows poor prognostic features.
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- OSCEs for the Final FCICM , pp. 509 - 510Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2026
References
Further Reading
FICM (2023) Midnight laws: disagreement on best interests (for England and Wales). Available at: www.ficm.ac.uk/midnightlaws (accessed 2 December 2025).Google Scholar
GMC (2024) Treatment and care towards the end of life: professional standards. Available at: www.gmc-uk.org/professional-standards/professional-standards-for-doctors/treatment-and-care-towards-the-end-of-life/guidance (accessed 2 December 2025).Google Scholar
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