Ethics, Law, and Aging Review, 10 : Decision-Making Capacity and Older Persons.

Although the topic of decision making capacity and older persons has been discussed in the literature, there still is much to be learned about it theoretically and practically. Experts continue to disagree about which standards are important for assessing decision making capacity. Questions such as:...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kapp, Marshall
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Springer Pub. Co., 2004.
Temas:
Capacity and disability > United States.
Older people > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States.
Older people > Decision making.
Personnes âgées > Prise de décision.
Capacity and disability
Older people > Legal status, laws, etc.
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I. Decision-Making Capacity and Older Persons; Chapter 1. Commitment, Relationship, Voice: Cornerstones for an Ethics of Long-Term Care; Chapter 2. The Capacity to Decide to Remain Living in the Community; Chapter 3. Hopes and Cautions for Instrument-Based Evaluation of Consent Capacity: Results of a Construct Validity Study of Three Instruments; Chapter 4. Competency in Parkinson's Disease With Dementia; Chapter 5. Decisional Capacity in Theory and Practice: Legal Process Versus "Bumbling Through"; Part II. Independent Articles
  • Chapter 6. End-of-Life Liability IssuesChapter 7. The Work Versus Eldercare Dilemma and the Law: An Israeli Example; Book Reviews; Books Received; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W

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