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Direct linkLyden, Martin – Mental Retardation: A Journal of Practices, Policy and Perspectives, 2006
The concept of capacity, its ethical mandates, and a rationale for the assessment of capacity to execute a health care proxy was discussed. Special New York State regulations, relevant to the execution of a health care proxy by persons who have mental retardation, were reviewed, discussed, and compared with regulations in some other jurisdictions.…
Descriptors: Psychologists, Physicians, Mental Retardation, Comparative Analysis
