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Presumptions Respecting Mental Competence

The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 1994
This paper addresses the role(s) played by presumptions regarding mental competence in the context of clinical assessment of decision-making capacity. In particular, the issue of whether or not the usual common law presumption of competence is appropriate and applicable in cases of reassessment of persons previously found incompetent is discussed ...
K V, Madigan   +2 more
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Voting Competence and Mental Illness

American Journal of Psychiatry, 1971
Does mental illness render a person incompetent to vote? Two studies highlight the similarity of voting behavior between patients hospitalized in a community state hospital and citizens living in the community. The results of the studies appear to dispel any need to maintain separate laws that govern the voting rights of citizens who are hospitalized ...
M M, Klein, S A, Grossman
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