title: Challenges facing physicians and healthcare institutions caring for patients with mental incapacity.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Pearlman
mesh_terms: D016223:Advance Directives; D000368:Aged; D032882:Comprehension; D003657:Decision Making; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D028741:Ethics Committees, Clinical; D005853:Geriatrics; D006801:Humans; D016743:Mental Competency; D016134:Organizational Policy; D026706:Paternalism; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012945:Social Values; D012955:Societies, Medical; D014481:United States