Religious Issues in the Capacity Evaluation

Waldfogel, Shimon; Meadows, Stacey

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/101253

Online Access

http://worldcatlibraries.org/registry/gateway?version=1.0&url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&atitle=Religious+Issues+in+the+Capacity+Evaluation&title=General+Hospital+Psychiatry.++&volume=18&issue=3&pages=173-182&date=1996&au=Waldfogel,+Shimon
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0163-8343(96)00003-5
http://hdl.handle.net/10822/754654

Abstract

The authors explore the difficulties present in the capacity evaluation of patients with strong religious beliefs. The article reviews the legal protection for treatment refusal on religious grounds as well as psychiatry's approach to religion. Clinical cases encountered in an urban hospital are presented to highlight how the conflicts among psychiatric, religious, and legal issues can be resolved. Suggestions are made for incorporating an exploration of religious values into the capacity assessment.

Date

2015-05-05

Identifier

oai:repository.library.georgetown.edu:10822/754654
10.1016/0163-8343(96)00003-5
General Hospital Psychiatry. 1996 May; 18(3): 173-182.
0163-8343
http://worldcatlibraries.org/registry/gateway?version=1.0&url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&atitle=Religious+Issues+in+the+Capacity+Evaluation&title=General+Hospital+Psychiatry.++&volume=18&issue=3&pages=173-182&date=1996&au=Waldfogel,+Shimon
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0163-8343(96)00003-5
http://hdl.handle.net/10822/754654

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Law and Ethics