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Assessment of decision-making capacity in adults

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Capacity and competency — Capacity describes a person's ability to a make a decision. In a medical context, capacity refers to the ability to utilize information about an illness and proposed treatment options to make a choice that is congruent with one's …

Who Makes Decisions for Incapacitated Patients Who …

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240. Research Involving Adults with Impaired Decision …

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Research Involving Adults with Impaired Decision-Making Capacity Updated July 2, 2021 In general, all adults, regardless of diagnosis or condition, should be …

Making Medical Decisions for Incapacitated Patients …

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In the United States, there is no consensus about who should make decisions in acute but non-emergent situations for incapacitated patients who lack surrogates. For more than a …

Treatment decision making for incapacitated patients: is …

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It has recently been proposed to incorporate the use of a "Patient Preference Predictor" (PPP) into the process of making treatment decisions for incapacitated patients. A …

Mentally Incapacitated Adults and Decision-Making: …

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Ethical Issues: The Patient’s Capacity to Make Medical …

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Wright and Roberts 6 advocate the use of the “Four Topics Method” 7 to help with ethical decision-making strategy for patients in a medical setting. With this …

Making decisions about medical treatment for mentally …

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The present law in respect of mentally incompetent adults in the UK has grown in a haphazard way without logical planning or structure. In England and Wales, if …

Healthcare Decisions for Incapacitated Patients

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Definitions. Health care decision making capacity – “…a person’s ability to understand the nature and consequences of a decision and to make and communicate a decision and …

Incapacity to give informed consent owing to mental …

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THE EXTENT OF INCAPACITY TO GIVE INFORMED CONSENT. The Law Commission recommended, and the British government accepted, a “functional approach” in …