decisional capacity

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capacity
noun
uk
/kəˈpæs.ə.ti/
us
/kəˈpæs.ə.t̬i/
the total amount that can be contained ...
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If a patient withdecisionalcapacityrefused treatment, 75% would accept this decision, although 19% would override their patient's wishes and intervene.
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Although the legal standards vary from state to state, expert clinicians agree that there are four core standards that are necessary fordecisionalcapacity.
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The requirement of informed consent would restrict usage, for enhancement, to adults withdecisionalcapacity.
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For example, a physician as plaintiff to license revocation, or a patient as plaintiff to a physician who concludeddecisionalcapacitywithout two other consultants?
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I noted that the team seemed a bit unclear about the idea ofdecisionalcapacity.
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In seeking consent from these subjects, at a minimum and regardless ofdecisionalcapacity, the subject must "assent" to participation in the study.
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In these contexts,decisionalcapacitymay only be socially expressed.
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Those acting as surrogates for patients who lackdecisionalcapacityhave an ethical obligation to make a good-faith effort to apply the "best interests" criterion from that particular patient's perspective.
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Thus, a more stringent procedural requirement was put on the physician for determination ofdecisionalcapacityof the homebound patient as part of the informed consent process.
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How much more basic can one get than informed consent, the presumption ofdecisionalcapacity, the primacy of the physician - patient relationship, and the integrity of the health professions?
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