Mental incapacity: Prepare and protect while still capable, don’t wait till it is regrettableMental incapacity: Prepare and protect while still capable, don’t wait till it is regrettable
In routine clinical practice, a treatment decision can only legally proceed after patients are adequately informed and have voluntarily granted their consent for said decision.1,2 However, in patients whose mental capacity are compromised, a decision made on their behalf from an unauthorized third p