Ten Myths About Decision-Making Capacity

Linda Ganzini1,2, Ladislav Volicer3,4, William A. Nelson5,6, Ellen Fox7, Arthur R. Derse8,9
1Department of Psychiatry, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR
2Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Portland, OR
3Geriatric Research Education Clinical Center, E.N. Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital, Bedford, MA
4Department of Pharmacology and Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
5Department of Psychiatry and Community and Family Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School
6Department of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine
7National Center for Ethics in Health Care, Veterans Health Administration, Washington, DC
8Medical and Legal Affairs, Center for the Study of Bioethics
9Department of Bioethics and Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin