Medical-ethical guidelines: Assessment of capacity in medical practice

Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences

doi:10.57187/smw.2019.20058

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Vol. 149 No. 0708 (2019)

Medical-ethical guidelines: Assessment of capacity in medical practice

Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences

DOI: https://doi.org/10.57187/smw.2019.20058
Cite this as:: Swiss Med Wkly. 2019;149:w20058
Published: 19.02.2019

References

Aebi-Müller R. Der urteilsunfähige Patient – eine zivilrechtliche Auslegeordnung. Jusletter 22. September 2014.
Appelbaum PS, Grisso T. Assessing patients’ capacities to consent to treatment. N Engl J Med. 1988;319(25):1635–8. doi:.https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM198812223192504 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM198812223192504
Breden TM, Vollmann J. The cognitive based approach of capacity assessment in psychiatry: a philosophical critique of the MacCAT-T. Health Care Anal. 2004;12(4):273–83, discussion 265–72. doi:.https://doi.org/10.1007/s10728-004-6635-x DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10728-004-6635-x
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Dunn LB, Nowrangi MA, Palmer BW, Jeste DV, Saks ER. Assessing decisional capacity for clinical research or treatment: a review of instruments. Am J Psychiatry. 2006;163(8):1323–34. doi:.https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.2006.163.8.1323 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.2006.163.8.1323
Fassassi S, Bianchi Y, Stiefel F, Waeber G. Assessment of the capacity to consent to treatment in patients admitted to acute medical wards. BMC Med Ethics. 2009;10(1):15. doi:.https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6939-10-15 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6939-10-15
Hermann H, Trachsel M, Elger BS, Biller-Andorno N. Emotion and value in the evaluation of medical decision-making capacity: A narrative review of arguments. Front Psychol. 2016;7:765. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00765
Hermann H, Trachsel M, Mitchell C, Biller-Andorno N. Medical decision-making capacity: Knowledge, attitudes, and assessment practices of physicians in Switzerland. Swiss Med Wkly. 2014;144:w14039. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2014.14039
Lamont S, Jeon YH, Chiarella M. Assessing patient capacity to consent to treatment: An integrative review of instruments and tools. J Clin Nurs. 2013;22(17–18):2387–403. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.12215
Okai D, Owen G, McGuire H, Singh S, Churchill R, Hotopf M. Mental capacity in psychiatric patients: Systematic review. Br J Psychiatry. 2007;191(04):291–7. doi:.https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.106.035162 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.106.035162
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[1] Aebi-Müller R. Der urteilsunfähige Patient – eine zivilrechtliche Auslegeordnung. Jusletter 22. September 2014.

[2] Appelbaum PS, Grisso T. Assessing patients’ capacities to consent to treatment. N Engl J Med. 1988;319(25):1635–8. doi:.https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM198812223192504 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM198812223192504

[3] Breden TM, Vollmann J. The cognitive based approach of capacity assessment in psychiatry: a philosophical critique of the MacCAT-T. Health Care Anal. 2004;12(4):273–83, discussion 265–72. doi:.https://doi.org/10.1007/s10728-004-6635-x DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10728-004-6635-x

[4] Bucher E. Berner Kommentar. Kommentar zum schweizerischen Privatrecht, Band I: Einleitung und Personenrecht, 2. Abteilung: Die natürlichen Personen, 1. Teilband: Kommentar zu den Art. 11– 26 ZGB, Bern 1976.

[5] Dunn LB, Nowrangi MA, Palmer BW, Jeste DV, Saks ER. Assessing decisional capacity for clinical research or treatment: a review of instruments. Am J Psychiatry. 2006;163(8):1323–34. doi:.https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.2006.163.8.1323 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.2006.163.8.1323

[6] Fassassi S, Bianchi Y, Stiefel F, Waeber G. Assessment of the capacity to consent to treatment in patients admitted to acute medical wards. BMC Med Ethics. 2009;10(1):15. doi:.https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6939-10-15 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6939-10-15

[7] Hermann H, Trachsel M, Elger BS, Biller-Andorno N. Emotion and value in the evaluation of medical decision-making capacity: A narrative review of arguments. Front Psychol. 2016;7:765. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00765

[8] Hermann H, Trachsel M, Mitchell C, Biller-Andorno N. Medical decision-making capacity: Knowledge, attitudes, and assessment practices of physicians in Switzerland. Swiss Med Wkly. 2014;144:w14039. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2014.14039

[9] Lamont S, Jeon YH, Chiarella M. Assessing patient capacity to consent to treatment: An integrative review of instruments and tools. J Clin Nurs. 2013;22(17–18):2387–403. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.12215

[10] Okai D, Owen G, McGuire H, Singh S, Churchill R, Hotopf M. Mental capacity in psychiatric patients: Systematic review. Br J Psychiatry. 2007;191(04):291–7. doi:.https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.106.035162 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.106.035162

[11] Silberfeld M, Nash C, Singer PA. Capacity to complete an advance directive. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1993;41(10):1141–3. doi:.https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-5415.1993.tb06464.x DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-5415.1993.tb06464.x

[12] Wasserfallen JB, Stiefel F, Clarke S, Crespo A. Appréciation de la capacité de discernement des patients: procédure d’aide à l’usage des médecins. Schweiz Arzteztg. 2004;85(32/33):1701–4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4414/saez.2004.10622

[13] Widmer Blum, CL. Urteilsunfähigkeit, Vertretung und Selbstbestimmung – insbesondere: Patientenverfügung und Vorsorgeauftrag, Dissertation, Zürich 2010.