Capacity, Informed Consent and Third-Party Decision-Making

by Jacob M. Appel

This book examines three related topics in the field of bioethics that arise frequently both in clinical care and in medico-legal settings: capacity, informed consent and third-party decision-making. All three of these subjects have been shaped significantly by the shift from the paternalistic models of care that dominated medicine in the United States, Canada and Great Britain prior to the 1960s to the present models that privilege patient autonomy...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1009570099
• ISBN13: 9781009570091
• Release Date: July 2024
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 75 Pages