New Evidence on Dementia, Identity, and Decision-Making
An argument for assessing decision-making capacity in terms of personal identity, rather than cognitive functioning.
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Read more: A Shared Responsibility Model A Shared Responsibility Model
The prism of the “shared responsibility model” provides an opportunity to consider potential global health governance models for emergency actions.
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Read more: How Adult Guardianship Law Fails to Protect Contraceptive Decision-Making Rights How Adult Guardianship Law Fails to Protect Contraceptive Decision-Making Rights
Reform is needed to address the restrictions on reproductive decision-making rights that adults under guardianship currently face.
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Read more: Legal Capacity and Persons with Disabilities’ Struggle to Reclaim Control over Their Lives Legal Capacity and Persons with Disabilities’ Struggle to Reclaim Control over Their Lives
Persons with disabilities face an ongoing struggle to reclaim power and control over their lives.
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Read more: There’s More to Decision-Making Capacity than Cognitive Function There’s More to Decision-Making Capacity than Cognitive Function
The doctrine of capacity is vague, normatively and medically challenging, and inconsistently applied.
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Read more: Seniors’ Perspectives on Dementia and Decision-Making Seniors’ Perspectives on Dementia and Decision-Making
The study, which involved an online survey of and interviews with older adults, revealed a heterogeneity of ways of thinking about capacity.
