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Assessing Competence to Consent to Treatment: A Guide for Physicians and Other Health Professionals

Assessing Competence to Consent to Treatment: A Guide for Physicians and Other Health Professionals

Hardcover

Medical ReferenceGeneral Law

ISBN10: 0195103726
ISBN13: 9780195103724
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Feb 12 1998
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.84
Height: 0.84 Width: 6.34 Depth: 8.52
Language: English
One of the most challenging tasks facing clinicians today is the assessment of patients' capacities to consent to treatment. The protection of a patient's right to decide, as well as the protection of incompetent patients from the potential harm of their decisions, rests largely on clinicians' abilities to judge patients' capacities to decide what treatment they will receive. However, confusing laws and the complicated ethical issues surrounding the concept of competence to consent have made the process of competence assessment intimidating for many clinicians. Health professionals--physicians, medical students, residents, nurses, and mental health practitioners--have long needed a concise guidebook that translates the issues for practice. That is what this book accomplishes.

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