Owen, G and Freyenhagen, F and Martin, WM (2018) Assessing Decision-Making Capacity after Brain Injury: A Phenomenological Approach. Philosophy, Psychiatry and Psychology, 25 (1). pp. 1-19. DOI https://doi.org/10.1353/ppp.2018.0002
Owen, G and Freyenhagen, F and Martin, WM (2018) Assessing Decision-Making Capacity after Brain Injury: A Phenomenological Approach. Philosophy, Psychiatry and Psychology, 25 (1). pp. 1-19. DOI https://doi.org/10.1353/ppp.2018.0002
Owen, G and Freyenhagen, F and Martin, WM (2018) Assessing Decision-Making Capacity after Brain Injury: A Phenomenological Approach. Philosophy, Psychiatry and Psychology, 25 (1). pp. 1-19. DOI https://doi.org/10.1353/ppp.2018.0002
Abstract
The assessment of decision-making capacity in patients with brain injuries presents a range of clinical and legal challenges. Existing guidance on the conduct of such assessments is often generic; guidance specific to patients with brain injury is sparse and coarse-grained. We report on an interview-based study of decision-making capacity in patients suffering from acquired brain injury and organic personality disorder. We identify challenges associated with the assessment of DMC in this patient population, review three bodies of relevant research from cognitive neuropsychology and neurophysiology, and draw on phenomenological analysis to identify three distinct abilities that play a role in decision-making, but which can be compromised in patients with organic personality disorder. We address the challenge of translating clinical findings into legally attestable results.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Mental Capacity; Competence; Organic Personality Disorder; Acquired Brain Injury; Phenomenology; Metacognition; Decision-Making |
Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General) R Medicine > R Medicine (General) |
Divisions: | Faculty of Arts and Humanities Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Philosophical, Historical and Interdisciplinary Studies, School of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 28 Jun 2018 12:44 |
Last Modified: | 30 Oct 2024 21:24 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/21120 |
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