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Decision-Making Capacity

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Surgeons obtain informed consent from patients for the procedures they perform. Occasionally, however, the Medical Consultant will be asked to assist with assessment of a particular patient’s capacity (or lack thereof) to consent to evaluation and/or treatment.

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  1. Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA

    Kara J. Mitchell MD

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  1. Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Washington, Roosevelt Way NE 4525, Seattle, 98105, Washington, USA

    Christopher J. Wong

  2. Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Washington Medical Center, NE Pacific Street 1959, Seattle, 98195, Washington, USA

    Nason P. Hamlin

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Mitchell, K.J. (2013). Decision-Making Capacity. In: Wong, C., Hamlin, N. (eds) The Perioperative Medicine Consult Handbook. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3220-3_34

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