Does This Patient Have Medical Decision-Making Capacity?

• Published in: JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association Vol. 306; no. 4; pp. 420 - 427
• Main Authors: Sessums, Laura L, Zembrzuska, Hanna, Jackson, Jeffrey L
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chicago, IL American Medical Association 27.07.2011
• Subjects: Aged; Biological and medical sciences; Cognition Disorders; Decision Making; Female; General aspects; Humans; Informed Consent; Medical sciences; Medical treatment; Mental Competency; Mental health; Mental Status Schedule; Older people; Patient Care; Patients; Physician's Role; Prevalence; Sensitivity and Specificity; United States; United States; Human; Medicine; Patient; Diagnosis; Decision making

CONTEXT Evaluation of the capacity of a patient to make medical decisions should occur in the context of specific medical decisions when incapacity is considered. OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of incapacity and assessment accuracy in adult medicine patients without severe mental illnesses. D...