End-of-Life Issues — MCQs

As per Mental Healthcare Act, an individual with a known psychotic disorder on treatment and is not a minor, can decide the caretaker and the course of treatment. This is called:

In an accident case, after the arrival of medical team, all should be done in early management except;

Leading questions are permitted only in-

Electroconvulsive therapy is not useful in which of the following conditions?

The Confusion Assessment Method (CAM) is used for which of the following?

Which of the following is not a diagnostic criteria for declaring brainstem death?

A woman died within 5 years of marriage under suspicious circumstances. Her parents complained that her in-laws used to frequently demand dowry. Under which of the following sections can a magistrate authorize an autopsy of the case?

A moribund patient who has little chance of survival but is submitted to surgery as a last resort belongs to ASA class-

An elderly woman is brought to psychiatry OPD by her daughter with complaints of forgetfulness. For the past one year, she has been seeing people and animals in nearby house that has been unoccupied during this period. Also has rigidity. What is the mos t likely type of dementia?

An elderly patient dies, and autopsy reveals neuritic plaques in the brain. What is the most likely diagnosis?