Lecturer, Department of Psychiatry,Yale School of Medicine,USA.
Assistant Professor,Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy,University of Pennsylvania; andDirector of the Scattergood Program for Applied Ethics of Behavioral Health Care,Perelman School of Medicine,University of Pennsylvania,USA.
Br J Psychiatry. 2019 Apr;214(4):183-185. doi: 10.1192/bjp.2019.17.
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.
选择、理解、欣赏和推理构成了决策能力的标准模型。当患者表现出部分受损时,确定能力可能会遇到困难。我们建议采取一种实用的方法,重点关注能力状况如何影响最终决定是否推翻患者的意愿,这可以帮助评估者解决困难病例。
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