How Bioethics and Case Law Diverge in Assessments of Mental Capacity: An Argument for a Narrative Coherence Standard
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DOI: 10.1080/21507740.2019.1704917
Abstract: Abstract Clinical assessments of mental capacity have long been guided by four basic cognitive criteria (understanding, appreciation, ability to reason, communication of decision), distilled directly from widespread legal precedent in common law cases of informed… read more here.
Keywords: capacity; assessments mental; narrative coherence; standard ... See more keywords