Mental Competency (Latest Articles)

Latest indexed articles for 'Mental Competency'

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[Questions of consent competence of children and adolescence--who has legal power?]

30 Dec 2008
rec_pub_19235335-questions-consent-competence-children-adolescence-legal-power.htm

Retributive constraints on the concept of competency: the required role of 'patently false beliefs' in understanding competency to be executed.

30 Dec 2008
rec_pub_19156671-retributive-constraints-concept-competency-required-role-patently.htm

Assessment of mental capacity in patients recruited in clinical trials in psychiatry and its relationship to informed consent.

30 Dec 2008 Insufficient attention is paid to the need for assessing the mental capacity of participants in clinical trials, particularly those in psychiatry. Assessment of mental capacity is paramount especially in patients suffering from certain brain ...
rec_pub_19241958-assessment-mental-capacity-patients-recruited-clinical-trials.htm

Body integrity identity disorder (BIID)--is the amputation of healthy limbs ethically justified?

30 Dec 2008 The term body integrity identity disorder (BIID) describes the extremely rare phenomenon of persons who desire the amputation of one or more healthy limbs or who desire a paralysis. Some of these persons mutilate themselves; others ask surgeons for ...
rec_pub_19132621-body-integrity-identity-disorder-biid-amputation-healthy-limbs.htm

Ethical challenges and interpretive difficulties with non-clinical applications of pediatric FMRI.

30 Dec 2008 In this article, we critically examine some of the ethical challenges and interpretive difficulties with possible future non-clinical applications of pediatric fMRI with a particular focus on applications in the classroom and the courtroom - two ...
rec_pub_19132609-ethical-challenges-interpretive-difficulties-non-clinical.htm

BIID-Aqua Fortis for scientific explanations of psychic phenomena?

30 Dec 2008
rec_pub_19132610-biid-aqua-fortis-scientific-explanations-psychic-phenomena.htm

Reproductive autonomy, the non-identity problem, and the non-person problem.

30 Dec 2008 The Non-Identity Problem is the problem of explaining the apparent wrongness of a decision that does not harm people, especially since some of the people affected by the decision would not exist at all were it not for the decision. One approach to ...
rec_pub_19076942-reproductive-autonomy-non-identity-problem-non-person-problem.htm

Developing a care pathway for advance decisions and powers of attorney: qualitative study.

30 Dec 2008 BACKGROUND: The Mental Capacity Act for England and Wales empowers individuals to plan ahead for when they may lack capacity. AIMS: To develop a care pathway for advance decisions and powers of attorney using Huntington's disease as an exemplar. ...
rec_pub_19118326-developing-care-pathway-advance-decisions-powers-attorney-qualitative.htm

Fetus-saving Caesarian rejection by pregnant woman: a case study.

30 Dec 2008
rec_pub_19093328-fetus-saving-caesarian-rejection-pregnant-woman-case-study.htm

Best interests, patient participation and the Mental Capacity Act 2005.

13 Dec 2008
rec_pub_19088093-best-interests-patient-participation-mental-capacity-act-2005.htm

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