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Depression, possibilities, and competence: A phenomenological perspective
Competent decision-making is required for informed consent. In this paper, I aim, from a phenomenological perspective, to identify the specific facets of competent decision-making that may form a challenge to depressed patients. On a phenomenological account, mood and emotions are crucial to the way...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3090579/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21207153 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11017-010-9171-8 |
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description | Competent decision-making is required for informed consent. In this paper, I aim, from a phenomenological perspective, to identify the specific facets of competent decision-making that may form a challenge to depressed patients. On a phenomenological account, mood and emotions are crucial to the way in which human beings encounter the world. More precisely, mood is intimately related to the options and future possibilities we perceive in the world around us. I examine how possibilities should be understood in this context, and how, in depression, decision-making might be compromised. I suggest that, based on this analysis, a specific emphasis and alertness in assessments of competence in depressed patients is called for. In fact, close attention should be paid to the range of future possibilities depressed patients are able to perceive. In addition, providing environmental cues to these patients might be one way of enhancing their decision-making capacity. The practical suggestions arrived at are open to empirical research. |
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spelling | pubmed-30905792011-06-07 Depression, possibilities, and competence: A phenomenological perspective Meynen, Gerben Theor Med Bioeth Article Competent decision-making is required for informed consent. In this paper, I aim, from a phenomenological perspective, to identify the specific facets of competent decision-making that may form a challenge to depressed patients. On a phenomenological account, mood and emotions are crucial to the way in which human beings encounter the world. More precisely, mood is intimately related to the options and future possibilities we perceive in the world around us. I examine how possibilities should be understood in this context, and how, in depression, decision-making might be compromised. I suggest that, based on this analysis, a specific emphasis and alertness in assessments of competence in depressed patients is called for. In fact, close attention should be paid to the range of future possibilities depressed patients are able to perceive. In addition, providing environmental cues to these patients might be one way of enhancing their decision-making capacity. The practical suggestions arrived at are open to empirical research. Springer Netherlands 2011-01-06 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3090579/ /pubmed/21207153 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11017-010-9171-8 Text en © The Author(s) 2011 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Article Meynen, Gerben Depression, possibilities, and competence: A phenomenological perspective |
title | Depression, possibilities, and competence: A phenomenological perspective |
title_full | Depression, possibilities, and competence: A phenomenological perspective |
title_fullStr | Depression, possibilities, and competence: A phenomenological perspective |
title_full_unstemmed | Depression, possibilities, and competence: A phenomenological perspective |
title_short | Depression, possibilities, and competence: A phenomenological perspective |
title_sort | depression, possibilities, and competence: a phenomenological perspective |
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url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3090579/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21207153 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11017-010-9171-8 |
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