Against Externalism in Capacity Assessment—Why Apparently Harmful Treatment Refusals Should Not Be Decisive for Finding Patients Incompetent

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American Journal of Bioethics 22 (10):65-70 (2022)
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Pickering et al. argue that patients who refuse doctor-recommended treatments should in some cases be deemed incompetent to decide about their own medical care—in part because of their decis...

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Should informed consent be based on rational beliefs?J. Savulescu & R. W. Momeyer - 1997 - Journal of Medical Ethics 23 (5):282-288.
Decisionmaking competence and risk.Dan W. Brock - 1991 - Bioethics 5 (2):105–112.

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