title: Autonomy, authenticity, or best interest: everyday decision-making and persons with dementia.
abstract: The question of when we have justification for overriding ordinary, everyday decisions of persons with dementia is considered. It is argued that no single criterion for competent decision-making is able to distinguish reliably between decisions we can legitimately override and decisions we cannot legitimately override.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Medicine, Law and Bioethics, University of Manchester, Williamson Building, Manchester M13 9PT, UK. soren.holm@man.ac.uk
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Holm
mesh_terms: D016223:Advance Directives / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000523:psychology; D002755:Choice Behavior; D003657:Decision Making; D003704:Dementia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D004989:Ethics; D005060:Europe; D005610:Freedom; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D016743:Mental Competency / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology*; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D019727:Proxy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology*; D014481:United States