Mental Competency

1.

Non-voluntary and involuntary euthanasia in The Netherlands: Dutch perspectives.

During the summer of 1999, twenty-eight interviews with some of the leading authorities on euthanasia policy were conducted in the Netherlands. They were asked about cases of non-voluntary (when patients are incompetent) and involuntary euthanasia (when ...
Raphael Cohen-Almagor (Issues Law Med, 2003SPRING)
non-voluntary-involuntary-euthanasia-netherlands-dutch-perspectives.asp

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Health professionals views on standards for decision-making capacity regarding refusal of medical treatment in mild Alzheimers disease.

This study was designed to determine which elements professionals consider important for evaluation of decision-making capacity. Survey with a vignette case report of an individual with mild dementia was mailed to four groups of individuals: 1. members ...
Ladislav Volicer, Linda Ganzini (J Am Geriatr Soc, 200309)
health-professionals-views-standards-decision-making-capacity-refusal.asp

3.

Use of a values history in approaching medical advance directives with psychiatric patients.

The Patient Self-Determination Act became federal law in 1990. However, many psychiatric facilities are just beginning to actively address the issue of medical advance directives. The term advance directives, for the purposes of this article, refers ...
Cathy Peters, Patricia Chiverton (J Psychosoc Nurs Ment Health Serv, 200308)
values-history-approaching-medical-advance-directives-psychiatric.asp

4.

Predictor variables in competency to stand trial decisions.

Clinicians possess significant discretion in competency to stand trial assessment. Therefore, it is paramount to explore the contribution of individual variables to ensure that the decision-making process is devoid of bias and solely relates to the legal ...
Virginia G Cooper, Patricia A Zapf (Law Hum Behav, 200308)
predictor-variables-competency-stand-trial-decisions.asp

5.

Juveniles competence to stand trial: a comparison of adolescents and adults capacities as trial defendants.

Abilities associated with adjudicative competence were assessed among 927 adolescents in juvenile detention facilities and community settings. Adolescents abilities were compared to those of 466 young adults in jails and in the community. Participants at ...
Thomas Grisso, Laurence Steinberg, Jennifer Woolard, Elizabeth Cauffman, Elizabeth Scott, Sandra Graham, Fran Lexcen, N Dickon Reppucci, Robert Schwartz (Law Hum Behav, 200308)
juveniles-competence-stand-trial-comparison-adolescents-adults.asp

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Attitudes and preferences of intensivists regarding the role of family interests in medical decision making for incompetent patients.

OBJECTIVE: The role of family interests in medical decision making is controversial. Physicians who routinely treat incompetent patients may have preferred strategies for addressing family interests as they are encountered in surrogate medical decision ...
George E Hardart, Robert D Truog (Crit Care Med, 200307)
attitudes-preferences-intensivists-role-family-interests-medical.asp

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Evaluation of living liver donors.

As a result of the cadaveric organ shortage, the number of centers performing living donor liver transplantation has increased. Living donor liver transplantation provides immediate organ availability and avoids the risk of life-threatening complications ...
Dianne LaPointe Rudow, Robert S Brown (Prog Transplant, 200306)
evaluation-living-liver-donors.asp

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Advance care planning in nursing homes: correlates of capacity and possession of advance directives.

PURPOSE: The identification of nursing home residents who can continue to participate in advance care planning about end-of-life care is a critical clinical and bioethical issue. This study uses high quality observational research to identify correlates ...
Rebecca S Allen, Shermetra R DeLaine, William F Chaplin, Daniel C Marson, Michelle S Bourgeois, Katinka Dijkstra, Louis D Burgio (Gerontologist, 200306)
advance-care-planning-nursing-homes-correlates-capacity-possession.asp

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Opinions about surrogate designation: a population survey in France.

OBJECTIVE: Many patients go through periods when they are too ill to give consent or to participate in decisions. When this occurs, patient autonomy is best maintained when a surrogate designated by the patient and familiar with his or her values can ...
Elie Azoulay, Frédéric Pochard, Sylvie Chevret, Christophe Adrie, Pierre-Edouard Bollaert, Frédéric Brun, Didier Dreyfuss, Maité Garrouste-Orgeas, Dany Goldgran-Toledano, Mercé Jourdain, Michel Wolff, Jean-Roger Le Gall, Benoît Schlemmer (Crit Care Med, 200306)
opinions-surrogate-designation-population-survey-france.asp

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Decisional capacity of severely depressed patients requiring electroconvulsive therapy.

OBJECTIVE: The decisional capacity of severely depressed people frequently comes into question. The ability to improve this decisional capacity through educational efforts alone is not known. Our study aimed to determine the decisional capacity of ...
Maria I Lapid, Teresa A Rummans, Kristine L Poole, V Shane Pankratz, Megan S Maurer, Keith G Rasmussen, Kemuel L Philbrick, Paul S Appelbaum (J ECT, 200306)
decisional-capacity-severely-depressed-patients-requiring.asp