Medical decision-making capacity: knowledge, attitudes, and assessment practices of physicians in Switzerland
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Medical decision-making capacity: knowledge, attitudes, and assessment practices of physicians in Switzerland.
OBJECTIVE Decision-making capacity (DMC) is an indispensable prerequisite for patients' informed consent and therefore directly related to the right to self-determination. In view of this ethical implication, valid and reliable assessment of DMC is essential to best practice. In general, and with particular regard to the Swiss context, little is known about healthcare practitioners' knowledge o...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Swiss Medical Weekly
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1424-7860,1424-3997
DOI: 10.4414/smw.2014.14039