Sydney Law School, University of Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia.
Monash Bioethics Centre, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, 3800, Australia.
J Bioeth Inq. 2020 Dec;17(4):803-808. doi: 10.1007/s11673-020-10055-2. Epub 2020 Nov 9.
The doctrine of consent (or informed consent, as it is called in North America) is built upon presumptions of mental capacity. Those presumptions must be tested according to legal rules that may be difficult to apply to COVID-19 patients during emergency presentations. We examine the principles of mental capacity and make recommendations on how to assess the capacity of COVID-19 patients to consent to emergency medical treatment. We term this the CARD approach (Comprehend, Appreciate, Reason, and Decide).
同意原则（或在北美称为知情同意）建立在心理能力的假设之上。这些假设必须根据法律规则进行测试，而这些法律规则在紧急情况下可能难以适用于 COVID-19 患者。我们检查了心理能力的原则，并就如何评估 COVID-19 患者同意紧急医疗的能力提出了建议。我们将其称为 CARD 方法（理解、评估、推理和决策）。
