Decisional and Dispositional Capacity Determinations: Neuropsychiatric Illness and an Integrated Clinical Paradigm
Assessment of decisional capacity requires thorough clinical review of a patient ’s current psychiatric symptoms and cognitive processes. The assessment to determine the patient’s capacity for self-management postdischarge is a different clinical concept from decisional capacity.
Source: Psychosomatics - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: James A. Bourgeois, Mary Ann Cohen, Jennifer M. Erickson, Rebecca Weintraub Brendel Tags: Review Article Source Type: research