| Literature DB >> 30896380 |
Rocksheng Zhong1, Dominic A Sisti2, Jason H Karlawish3.
Abstract
Choice, understanding, appreciation and reasoning compose the standard model of decision-making capacity. Difficulties in determining capacity can arise when patients exhibit partial impairment. We suggest that a pragmatic approach, focusing on how capacity status affects the ultimate decision to override the patient's wishes, can help evaluators resolve difficult cases.Declaration of interestNone.Entities:
Keywords: Consent and capacity; ethics; psychiatry and law
Year: 2019 PMID： 30896380 PMCID： PMC6430137 DOI： 10.1192/bjp.2019.17
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Br J Psychiatry ISSN： 0007-1250 Impact factor: 9.319