A critical illness is a critical illness, which is an objective law that cannot be transferred by human will. If the family members do not sign, it means that the family members refuse to rescue or use expensive emergency ward equipment, and they do not intend to pay for the expenses incurred. Then the doctor can not provide the patient with rescue equipment or expensive drugs, but only take general and routine humane maintenance measures. In addition, once a patient dies, the hospital does not assume responsibility for failing to notify family members in time to meet.

Legal Analysis

Notification of critical illness is effective as soon as it is made. A critical illness notification is a specific notification of critical illness issued by the hospital to relatives of a patient when his or her condition deteriorates rapidly and becomes life-threatening. The Ministry of Health does not have clear and unified restrictions on how to issue a critical illness notification, but any professional physician can issue a critical illness notification based on changes in the patient's condition or the condition is getting worse. This is the right conferred by his professional qualifications. A critical illness notice refers to a medical document in which the treating physician or the doctor on duty informs the patient's family of the patient's condition when the patient's condition is critical or serious, and is signed by the patient. The content includes the patient’s name, gender, age, department, current diagnosis and critical condition, patient’s signature, physician’s signature and date. Make two copies, one copy should be kept by the patient and the other should be kept in the medical record. The patient's condition is critical and there is a risk of end of life at any time. After the doctor advises that the condition is critical, the physician in charge must promptly issue a critical illness note. The patient's condition record must be written in a timely manner and the rescue record must be written in a timely manner, and the general practitioner must conduct a critical discussion. Serious illness refers to an aggravation of the condition. It is difficult to cure with the current level of treatment technology and may worsen at any time. Although it is not immediately life-threatening, it is still developing. Doctors need to promptly issue notifications of serious illness and explain the condition to family members so that they can understand the current situation.

Legal Basis

"Basic Medical Hygiene and Health Promotion Law of the People's Republic of China" Article 20 The state establishes an infectious disease prevention and control system, formulates an infectious disease prevention and control plan and Organize and implement, strengthen monitoring and early warning of infectious diseases, adhere to prevention first, combine prevention and treatment, joint prevention and control, mass prevention and control, source prevention and control, comprehensive management, block transmission routes, protect susceptible groups, and reduce the harm of infectious diseases. Any organization and individual should accept and cooperate with the investigation, inspection, sample collection, isolation treatment, medical observation and other measures taken by medical and health institutions in accordance with the law to prevent, control and eliminate the hazards of infectious diseases.