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Evaluating Decision-Making Capacity Challenges Faced by Clinicians in Switzerland
JournalArticle (Originalarbeit in einer wissenschaftlichen Zeitschrift)
 
ID 4484219
Author(s) Iseli, Luzia M.; Wangmo, Tenzin; Hermann, Helena; Trachsel, Manuel; Elger, Bernice S.
Author(s) at UniBasel Wangmo, Tenzin
Year 2018
Title Evaluating Decision-Making Capacity Challenges Faced by Clinicians in Switzerland
Journal GeroPsych : the journal of gerontopsychology and geriatric psychiatry
Volume 31
Number 2
Pages / Article-Number 67-75
Keywords decision-making capacity; autonomy; capacity evaluation; qualitative study; Switzerland
Abstract The study identified factors that make an evaluation of decision-making capacity (DMC) difficult for clinicians in their daily work. Semistructured interviews were carried out with 24 healthcare professionals from Switzerland and subsequently thematically analyzed. The challenges they faced when evaluating DMC stemmed from three main concerns: patient characteristics that impede DMC evaluation; differing opinions and consequences of DMC evaluation; and familial and legal situations that complicate such evaluations. Physicians must be adequately trained to evaluate DMC as it is closely related to basic ethical principles of respect for patients' autonomy and beneficence. Extensive training on DMC evaluation and the legal concept of capacity should be part of pre- and postgraduate education.
Publisher Hogrefe
ISSN/ISBN 1662-9647 ; 1661-971X
edoc-URL https://edoc.unibas.ch/65346/
Full Text on edoc No
Digital Object Identifier DOI 10.1024/1662-9647/a000186
ISI-Number 000432941200003
Document type (ISI) Article
 
   

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