As healthcare systems across Europe deal with an increasing prevalence of cognitive impairment, family doctors are emerging as key players in assessing and supporting patients' decision-making ...

April 2, 2004 — Life-sustaining treatment decisions in patients who have lost their decision-making capacity must first and foremost respect the autonomy of the patient and/or the immediate family, ...

These words, from Nelson Mandela, speak volumes about the difficulties we face in the often-fraught process of decision-making. A decision is essentially a choice. Whether that choice involves major, ...

The average adult makes approximately 35,000 decisions daily, from the mundane selection of breakfast cereals to consequential professional judgments. Yet this constant choosing exacts a toll that ...

Professor of End-of-Life Law and Regulation, Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Queensland University of Technology Ben White has received funding from the Australian Research Council, the ...

Smart leaders with vast data still make bad decisions. But others, under similar pressure, make game-changing ones. In 1982, Johnson & Johnson swiftly recalled 31 million bottles of Tylenol after ...

Advance decisions to refuse treatment may be made by individuals who anticipate that at some point in the future they may lack the mental capacity to make a decision. These decisions are legally ...

Social workers have welcomed the Mental Capacity Act’s clarity and acceptable value base, but not all social care practitioners are well informed about the legislation and their responsibilities. Care ...

Many organizations implementing AI agents tend to focus too narrowly on a single decision-making model, falling into the trap of assuming a one-size-fits-all decision-making framework, one that ...