Consent, competency and ECT: a philosopher's comment
By way of comment, I suggest: 1) That the definitions of 'competence' and 'rationality' require some modification. 2) That Professor Sherlock is right to argue that a competent but irrational decision to refuse beneficial treatment ought to be overruled; but in practice it is ext...
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1983
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Journal of medical ethics
Year: 1983, Volume: 9, Issue: 3, Pages: 144-145 |
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