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Therefore, it is important to give a capacity to consent to a medical treatment to patients who has senile dementia, cancer and so on. The revised Korean Civil Law confines adult guardian's right of consent on medical treatment to any medical treatment in violation of ward's body, and also...
Experts in Swiss law and ethics were also consulted and provided input. A tendency to focus on a single capacity, and in particular, the ability to consent to medical treatment, arose in the literature. Similarly, there are many instruments purporting to evaluate a single capacity (e.g., ...
The mental competence of people requesting aid-in-dying is a key issue for the how the law responds to cases of assisted suicide. A number of cases from around the common law world have highlighted the importance of competence in determining whether assistants should be prosecuted, and what the...
The capacity to refuse psychiatric treatment: A guide to the law for clinicians and tribunal members In some Australian states clinicians and mental health tribunal members are already required to assess a person's decision-making capacity before involunta... C Ryan,S Callaghan,C Peisah - 《Aust...
The mental competence of people requesting aid-in-dying is a key issue for the how the law responds to cases of assisted suicide. A number of cases from ar... C Stewart,C Peisah,B Draper - 《Journal of Medical Ethics》 被引量: 19发表: 2011年 ...
With the Victorian Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2017 commencing in 2019, assessing capacity to choose Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) becomes a critical issue for clinicians in Victoria, and elsewhere with on-going efforts to change the law across Australia and in New Zealand. We consider how ...
The mental competence of people requesting aid-in-dying is a key issue for the how the law responds to cases of assisted suicide. A number of cases from around the common law world have highlighted the importance of competence in determining whether assistants should be prosecuted, and what ...
Nevertheless, the law remains uncertain about how competence should be tested in these cases. This article proposes a test of competence that is based on the existing common law but which is tailored to cases of assisted suicide. The test will help doctors, other health professionals and lawyers...