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Med Health Care Philos · Jan 2001
Autonomy, authenticity, or best interest: everyday decision-making and persons with dementia.
- S Holm.
- Institute of Medicine, Law and Bioethics, University of Manchester, Williamson Building, Manchester M13 9PT, UK. soren.holm@man.ac.uk
- Med Health Care Philos. 2001 Jan 1; 4 (2): 153-9.
AbstractThe 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.
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