Conceptions of decision-making capacity in psychiatry: interviews with Swedish psychiatrists
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Conceptions of decision-making capacity in psychiatry: interviews with Swedish psychiatrists
BACKGROUND Decision-making capacity is a key concept in contemporary healthcare ethics. Previous research has mainly focused on philosophical, conceptual issues or on evaluation of different tools for assessing patients' capacity. The aim of the present study is to investigate how the concept and its normative role are understood in Swedish psychiatric care. Of special interest for present purp...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Medical Ethics
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1472-6939
DOI: 10.1186/s12910-015-0026-8