Mental Health Monthly #1: Decision Making Capacity

<p>In the first episode of this new series, the complexities of decision making capacity are discussed. </p> <p>References and Further Reading:</p> <p><a href= "https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMcp074045">[1]</a> Appelbaum, P. S. (2007). Assessment of patients' competence to consent to treatment. <em>New England Journal of Medicine</em>, <em>357</em>(18), 1834-1840.</p> <p> </p> <p><a href= "https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1046/j.1525-1497.1999.00277.x"> [2]</a> Etchells, E., Darzins, P., Silberfeld, M., Singer, P. A., McKenny, J., Naglie, G., ... & Strang, D. (1999). Assessment of patient capacity to consent to treatment. <em>Journal of general internal medicine</em>, <em>14</em>(1), 27-34.</p> <p> </p> <p><a href= "http://www.jcb.utoronto.ca/tools/documents/ace.pdf">Joint Centre for Bioethics - Aid to Capacity Evaluation (ACE)</a></p> <p> </p>