Supported Decision-Making and the Inclusion of People who Lack Decisional Capacity in Greater than Minimal Risk Research...49th Annual Health Law Professors Conference, June 3-5, 2026, Atlanta, Georgia.
In recent years, some have argued that supported decision-making can be ethically superior to surrogate decision-making with respect to decisions involving adults with cognitive and intellectual impairments or disabilities. In this paper, we argue that supported decision-making could also be ethical...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics Vol. 54; pp. 1 - 10 |
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| Formato: | proceedings Journal Article |
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Cambridge University Press
2026 Supplement
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