TY - JOUR
T1 - Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know about Medical Decision-Making Capacity Assessment
AU - Ehrman, Sarah E.
AU - Norton, Kavitha P.
AU - Karol, David E.
AU - Weaver, Meaghann S.
AU - Lockwood, Bethany
AU - Latimer, Abigail
AU - Scott, Erin
AU - Jones, Christopher A.
AU - Macauley, Robert
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Copyright 2021, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers 2021.
PY - 2021/4
Y1 - 2021/4
N2 - Palliative care (PC) clinicians treat seriously ill patients who are at increased risk for compromised decision-making capacity (DMC). These patients face profound and complex questions about which treatments to accept and which to decline. PC clinicians, therefore, have the especially difficult task of performing thorough, fair, and accurate DMC assessments in the face of the complex effects of terminal illness, which may be complicated by fluctuating acute medical conditions, mental illness, or cognitive dysfunction. This study, written by a team of clinicians with expertise in PC, ethics, psychiatry, pediatrics, and geriatrics, aims to provide expert guidance to PC clinicians on best practice for complex DMC assessment.
AB - Palliative care (PC) clinicians treat seriously ill patients who are at increased risk for compromised decision-making capacity (DMC). These patients face profound and complex questions about which treatments to accept and which to decline. PC clinicians, therefore, have the especially difficult task of performing thorough, fair, and accurate DMC assessments in the face of the complex effects of terminal illness, which may be complicated by fluctuating acute medical conditions, mental illness, or cognitive dysfunction. This study, written by a team of clinicians with expertise in PC, ethics, psychiatry, pediatrics, and geriatrics, aims to provide expert guidance to PC clinicians on best practice for complex DMC assessment.
KW - capacity assessment
KW - decision-making capacity
KW - life-sustaining treatment
KW - medical decision making
KW - serious illness
KW - surrogate decision maker
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U2 - 10.1089/jpm.2021.0022
DO - 10.1089/jpm.2021.0022
M3 - Article
C2 - 33595361
AN - SCOPUS:85103794325
SN - 1096-6218
VL - 24
SP - 599
EP - 604
JO - Journal of palliative medicine
JF - Journal of palliative medicine
IS - 4
ER -