Mental Capacity Assessments for COVID-19 Patients: Emergency Admissions and the CARD Approach

The doctrine of consent (or informed consent, as it is called in North America) is built upon presumptions of mental capacity. Those presumptions must be tested according to legal rules that may be difficult to apply to COVID-19 patients during emergency presentations. We examine the principles of m...

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Autores principales: Stewart, Cameron, Biegler, Paul, Brunero, Scott, Lamont, Scott, Tomossy, George F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Singapore 2020
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Symposium: COVID-19
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7651828/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33169263
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11673-020-10055-2
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Biegler, Paul
Brunero, Scott
Lamont, Scott
Tomossy, George F.
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description The doctrine of consent (or informed consent, as it is called in North America) is built upon presumptions of mental capacity. Those presumptions must be tested according to legal rules that may be difficult to apply to COVID-19 patients during emergency presentations. We examine the principles of mental capacity and make recommendations on how to assess the capacity of COVID-19 patients to consent to emergency medical treatment. We term this the CARD approach (Comprehend, Appreciate, Reason, and Decide).
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spelling pubmed-76518282020-11-10 Mental Capacity Assessments for COVID-19 Patients: Emergency Admissions and the CARD Approach Stewart, Cameron Biegler, Paul Brunero, Scott Lamont, Scott Tomossy, George F. J Bioeth Inq Symposium: COVID-19 The doctrine of consent (or informed consent, as it is called in North America) is built upon presumptions of mental capacity. Those presumptions must be tested according to legal rules that may be difficult to apply to COVID-19 patients during emergency presentations. We examine the principles of mental capacity and make recommendations on how to assess the capacity of COVID-19 patients to consent to emergency medical treatment. We term this the CARD approach (Comprehend, Appreciate, Reason, and Decide). Springer Singapore 2020-11-09 2020 /pmc/articles/PMC7651828/ /pubmed/33169263 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11673-020-10055-2 Text en © Journal of Bioethical Inquiry Pty Ltd. 2020 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
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