Autonomy, authenticity, or best interest: everyday decision-making and persons with dementia.

Holm, Søren 2001. Autonomy, authenticity, or best interest: everyday decision-making and persons with dementia. Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy 4 (2) , pp. 153-159. 10.1023/A:1011402102030

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Abstract

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.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Law
Subjects:	K Law > K Law (General) K Law > KD England and Wales
Publisher:	Springer
ISSN:	1386-7423
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Last Modified:	31 Jan 2020 04:56
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/49994

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