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- Title
Determining the decision-making capacity of a patient who refused food and water.
- Authors
Terman, S A
- Abstract
A terminal patient expressed the wish to hasten her death and refused nutrition. The psychiatrist asked to render an opinion relevant to her competence employed questions in a semi-structured interview derived from a new instrument originally designed to determine competence to create 'Advance Directives'. Although the patient ultimately demonstrated her resolve by totally ceasing fluid intake, the complexity of the case--including the question of the stability of her choice--illustrates the need for specific patient safeguards.
- Publication
Palliative medicine, 2001, Vol 15, Issue 1, p55
- ISSN
0269-2163
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1191/026921601672818272