title: Overestimating patients' capacity.
abstract: Clinicians regularly overestimate patients' capacity to make decisions. This may jeopardise their autonomous decision-making. It may lead to poor clinical outcomes for patients and has potential adverse legal consequences for clinicians. There is a need to use the legal principles of the Mental Capacity Act more rigorously.
authors: Peter
authors: P
authors: Lepping
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making; D004739:England; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000523:psychology; D007878:Legislation as Topic; D016743:Mental Competency / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014852:Wales