Deciding whether someone is legally competent to make decisions regarding their own
treatment requires an assessment of their mental capacity. The assessed capacity required …

Personal autonomy is often lauded as a key value in contemporary Western bioethics, and
the claim that there is an important relationship between autonomy and rationality is often …

In this paper, we make the case that a person who is considering or has already made a
decision that appears seriously harmful to that person should in some cases be judged …

Background The concept of decision-making capacity (DMC) or competence remains
controversial, despite widespread use. Risk-sensitive DMC assessment (RS-DMC)—the …

G uidelines for withholding forced nutrition and hydration have applied largely to pa-tients
who are terminally ill'-who, in Ramsey's words, 2 are already" in the article of death"-and …

Why do governments in some developing countries implement international standards,
while others do not? Focusing on the politics of bank regulation, this book develops a new …

Should the assessment of decision‐making capacity (DMC) be risk sensitive, that is, should
the threshold for DMC vary with risk? The debate over this question is now nearly five …

The use of detention for psychiatric treatment is widespread and sometimes necessary.
International human rights law requires a legal framework to safeguard the rights to liberty …

The principal question of this paper is: Why are religious values special in refusal of
lifesaving medical treatment? This question is approached through a critical examination of …

Health professionals faced with refusal of life-saving treatment may wish to override a
person's wishes, especially if that person suffers from a mental disorder. Mental illness does …