Capacity

Intern: "I definitely don't have decision-making capacity!"

In health care, capacity refers to one's ability to understand information and communicate a decision with reason, while understanding the risks and benefits associated with that decision.

Gomerpedia Tips

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1. Many patients who you think don't have capacity actually do have capacity.
2. Interns never have capacity.
3. A patient who leaves AMA (against medical advice) always has decision-making capacity.

Additional Reading

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• Code Status
• July Intern
• Peter Edelstein
• Risk Management
• Temper Tantrum

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