Definitions
the ability of subjects to make their own medical decisions.
Decisional Capacity
understanding, retaining, using, weighing and communicating are criteria based off of this act:
The Mental Capacity Act
The role of _______ is overlooked in the four abilities model
Emotions
name of family member or individual who is appointed to look out for that individual’s finances, living arrangements etc.
guardian
both a moral concept and a legal practice that arose in the second half of the twentieth century in response to the widespread paternalism of physicians and clinical researchers.
Informed Consent
This instrument that measures decisional capacity is based off of:
1) the ability to communicate a choice
2) the ability to understand
3) the ability to appreciate
4) the ability to reason
MacCAT-T
a written statement of a person's wishes regarding medical treatment, often including a living will, made to ensure those wishes are carried out should the person be unable to communicate them to a doctor.
advance directive
What year was the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) passed in England and Wales
2005
the most widely influential theory of competence to date
MacCAT-T
the internal and subjective component of sense perceptions, arising from stimulation of the senses by phenomena.
qualia
requiring that the subject not only grasp information but genuinely believe that it truly applies to him.
hint: an aspect of decisional capacity*
Appreciation