Mental Capacity Assessments for COVID-19 Patients: Emergency Admissions and the CARD Approach

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Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 17 (4):803-808 (2020)
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The doctrine of consent 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.

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