Autonomy, authenticity, or best interest: everyday decision-making and persons with dementia.
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.
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Institute of Medicine, Law and Bioethics, University of Manchester, Williamson Building, Manchester M13 9PT, UK. soren.holm@man.ac.uk
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