Patient Participation in Treatment Decision-Making in the Nursing Home: The Issue of Competence
- 1 August 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Gerontologist
- Vol. 26 (4) , 362-366
- https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/26.4.362
Abstract
The ethical primacy of patient involvement in treatment decision-making requires that more attention be paid to assessment of a patient's competency to make treatment decisions. Recommendations are made to increase sensitivity to this issue with significantly impaired elderly nursing home patients and to improve existing decision-making procedures. A protocol to specifically assess competency in these patients is suggested.Keywords
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