The notion of free will and its ethical relevance for decision-making capacity
Abstract Background Obtaining informed consent from patients is a moral and legal duty and, thus, a key legitimation for medical treatment. The pivotal prerequisite for valid informed consent is decision-making capacity of the patient. Related to the question of whether and when consent should be mo...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-05-01
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| Series: | BMC Medical Ethics |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12910-019-0371-0 |