Do patients addicted to drugs truly have capacity?

Is it time to rethink how we determine the capacity of our patients who are addicted to drugs?   I recently began debating this question after I took care of a young woman with endocarditis.  She had a long history of IV drug abuse that had led to the development of endocarditis.  She had been admitted […]Find jobs at  Careers by KevinMD.com.  Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now.  Learn more.

Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - March 4, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/gregory-jasani" rel="tag" > Gregory Jasani, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Conditions Emergency Medicine Psychiatry Source Type: blogs