PHIL 2408 Lecture Notes - Robert Latimer, Dementia, High Standard Manufacturing Company

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Deciding for others: competency dab brock and allan buchanan. A patient that has cancer and dementia might float in and out of lucidity and be recognized as incompetent one day but competent the next. A high standard of competence protects wb at risk of sd, while a low standard does the reverse: risk-relative. Standard of competence: no single standard is appropriate: the level must be adjusted relative to the consequences of a decision. End of life issues 4 cases: determining competence to refuse treatment. As the result of an accident in the summer of 1973, 25 year-old dax cowart was badly burned over 65% of his body. Both eyes, both ears and both hands were damaged beyond repair. Large doses of narcotics were required for minimal pain relief; he was bathed in cleansing solutions daily with inadequate pain medication, and the changing of bandages caused him to scream in agony for several hours a day.

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