Capacity, autonomy, and risk: reflecting on asymmetries in capacity to consent and capacity to refuse
There has been renewed interest in whether we should understand standards of decision-making capacity (DMC) to be risk relative. Critics of risk-relative standards often highlight a puzzling asymmetry that they imply; a patient may have the requisite DMC to consent to a treatment that is in their be...
Main Author: | Pugh, J |
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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Springer Nature
2024
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