… Establishing that a patient lacks decisional capacity requires more than making a
psychiatric diagnosis; it also requires demonstrating that the specific symptoms of that disorder …

… physicians to have compromised decisional capacity. These patients did not have known …
MMSE scores and the medical residents’ clinical impressions of capacity status were on the …

… As a central concept in healthcare law and ethics, decisional capacity can be defined as the
ability of patients to make healthcare decisions that are in the own best interest. The laws of …

… , how useful are tests of cognition, such as the MMSE, in assessing patient capacity? What
are the test characteristics of capacity instruments for medical patients without significant …

… Instead, the patient clearly lacks decisional capacity to understand the risks of leaving the …
the result of his medical condition. There is consensus that the patient must be prevented from …

… impact of a patient’s age on their decisional capacity versus … patients, decisional capacity
was not influenced by patient age, gender or medical diagnoses, and the decisional capacity …

… medical circumstances? This is the first question a physician … a patient's decisional capacity.
This ability to comprehend the medical circumstances is different than the patient's capacity …

… of the underlying medical condition results in the improvement of the patient’s mental status.
… of intact decisional capacity can provide an opportunity to identify treatment goals, patient …

… This article examines issues concerning the evaluation of decisional capacity to act as a …
capable patients to make their own choices among speci®c reasonable medical interventions …

… It also affords less time for iterative discussions with the patient. For patients who may
regain decisional capacity, lesser imminence allows more time for this ideal possibility. …