Hi everyone
I'm here because my partners dad is receiving end of life care at a Marie Curie hospice. Her dad is very submissive when it comes to medical care - "the doctor is always right & knows what he's doing". My partner is being made to feel that she is not being allowed to have any say in the care he receives because she is not the patient. He has been taking paracetamol for the pain that accompanies advanced liver cancer, but has received morphine, or a derivative, for a swelling around a canula entry. My partner wants to question why, but previous enquiries about other matters have been met with abrasive responses from the nurses.
She is in the process of arranging Power of Attorney for health & finances, but does a relative/carer have any rights when it comes to care being received by a loved one?
