In reply: We thank Reutens and Peisah for their response to our article.1 We agree that careful capacity assessment is of critical importance — a patient’s capacity should be assessed rather than assumed.
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- 1. Le BH, Chapman MD. Competence and capacity at the end of life: uneasy paternalism. Med J Aust 2011; 195: 476-477. <eMJA full text> <MJA full text>
- 2. Adamis D, Martin FC, Treloar A, Macdonald AJD. Capacity, consent and selection bias in a study of delirium. J Med Ethics 2005; 31: 137-143.
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