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Autonomy, authenticity, or best interest: Everyday decision-making and persons with dementia [Book Review]
Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy 4 (2):153-159 (2001)
Abstract
The question of when we have justification for overriding ordinary, everyday decisions of persons with dementia is considered. It is argued that no single criterion for competent decision-making is able to distinguish reliably between decisions we can legitimately override and decisions we cannot legitimately overrideOther Versions
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