Decision-making capacity and older persons / Marshall B. Kapp, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kapp, Marshall B.

Series:

Springer series on ethics, law, and aging ; v. 10.

Ethics, law, and aging ; v. 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Capacity and disability--United States.

Capacity and disability.

Older people--Legal status, laws, etc--United States.

Older people.

Older people--Decision making.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (153 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Springer Pub. Co., c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Although the topic of decision making capacity and older persons has been discussed in the literature, there still is much to be learned about it theoretically and practically. Experts continue to disagree about which standards are important for assessing decision making capacity. Questions such as: ""When should a capacity assessment be done on an older person and by whom?"" are covered by the editors. Topics included in this volume are the application of an original framework for ethical decision making in long term care; an elder's capacity to decide to remain living alone in the community;

Contents:

Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I. Decision-Making Capacity and Older Persons; Chapter 1. Commitment, Relationship, Voice: Cornerstones for an Ethics of Long-Term Care; Chapter 2. The Capacity to Decide to Remain Living in the Community; Chapter 3. Hopes and Cautions for Instrument-Based Evaluation of Consent Capacity: Results of a Construct Validity Study of Three Instruments; Chapter 4. Competency in Parkinson's Disease With Dementia; Chapter 5. Decisional Capacity in Theory and Practice: Legal Process Versus "Bumbling Through"; Part II. Independent Articles

Chapter 6. End-of-Life Liability IssuesChapter 7. The Work Versus Eldercare Dilemma and the Law: An Israeli Example; Book Reviews; Books Received; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-80675-7

9786611806750

0-8261-1639-6

OCLC:

476263542