LEADER 00000cam a2200817Ma 4500 001 ocn288107130 003 OCoLC 005 20160527040845.6 006 m o d 007 cr cn||||||||| 008 930617s1994 onc o 001 0 eng d 016 |z93094593X 019 647736526|a666921610|a752599882|a810931751|a815771059 |a923072638 020 9781442683341|q(electronic book) 020 1442683341|q(electronic book) 020 |z0802004636|q(bound) 020 |z0802067808|q(paperback) 020 |z9780802067807 020 |z9780802004635 020 |z1282056379 020 |z9781282056374 035 (OCoLC)288107130|z(OCoLC)647736526|z(OCoLC)666921610 |z(OCoLC)752599882|z(OCoLC)810931751|z(OCoLC)815771059 |z(OCoLC)923072638 037 22573/ctt52v9s|bJSTOR 040 MT4IT|beng|epn|cMT4IT|dLVB|dOCLCQ|dIDEBK|dE7B|dOCLCQ |dCELBN|dFXR|dN$T|dOCLCQ|dJSTOR|dOCLCF|dNLGGC|dOCLCO |dYDXCP|dEBLCP|dOCLCO|dOCLCQ|dOCLCO|dOCLCQ 049 RIDW 050 4 HV3004|b.S55 1994eb 055 00 HV3004|bS57 1994 055 1 HV3004 072 7 MED|x102000|2bisacsh 072 7 PSY|x036000|2bisacsh 072 7 PSY|x018000|2bisacsh 072 7 VFJ|2bicssc 072 7 MED011000|2bisacsh 082 04 362.2 090 HV3004|b.S55 1994eb 100 1 Silberfeld, Michel.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/ n95800417 245 10 When the mind fails :|ba guide to dealing with incompetency /|cMichel Silberfeld, Arthur Fish. 264 1 Toronto, Ont. :|bUniversity of Toronto Press,|c[1994] 264 4 |c©1994 300 1 online resource (xi, 184 pages) 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 340 |gpolychrome|2rdacc 347 text file|2rdaft 500 Includes index. 505 0 ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""1 What is incompetency?""; ""Choosing one's residence""; ""Making a will""; ""Financial decisions""; ""Health-care decisions""; ""Powers of attorney""; ""Instructing a lawyer""; ""2 Incompetency as a human problem""; ""Dealing with incompetent people""; ""Why care? ""; ""Basic concepts""; ""3 Assessing competency""; ""Ability to make a choice""; ""Task-specific competency""; ""Assessing the whole individual""; ""Caution in challenging competence""; ""Medical treatment and assessment""; ""4 Informal competency assessment""; ""Questions to ask"" 505 8 ""Assessing risk""""Summary""; ""Three informal assessments""; ""An outline of informal competency assessment""; ""5 Formal competency assessment""; ""Basic concepts""; ""The formal assessment process""; ""Fairness""; ""Three competency assessments""; ""Common errors in competency assessment""; ""6 Guardianship and other imposed care""; ""Guardianship""; ""Alternatives to guardianship""; ""An example of guardianship""; ""Summary""; ""7 Planning for incompetency""; ""Planning for financial incompetency""; ""Wills""; ""Powers of attorney""; ""Advance directives: living wills"" 505 8 ""General concerns in planning for substitute decision making""""Assessing competency to perform legal acts: three examples""; ""Guidelines for designing plans for substitute decision making""; ""Conclusion""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W"" 520 Incompetency is loss of the ability to make, and act on, your own decisions and with the aging of North America's population, it is increasingly widespread. It can happen to anyone and many people want to plan for its possibility in order to ensure their own care and protection. Incompetency can cause great, but often avoidable, suffering and emotional anguish to those afflicted by it, as well as the relatives and friends who care for them. People in health care, financial services, and law must deal with clients whose competency in some, or all, matters can be questioned. Addressing the needs of incompetent people, or planning for its possibility, requires knowledge about what incompetency is, how to recognize and react to it, and what kinds of professional advice to seek. This book is a practical, focused guide to thinking about incompetency, as useful to the layman as to those who perform, or refer clients to, competency assessments. Addressing the needs of incompetent people, or planning for its possibility, requires knowledge about what incompetency is, how to recognize and react to it, and what kinds of professional advice to seek. This book is a practical, focused guide to thinking about incompetency, as useful to the layman as to those who perform, or refer clients to, competency assessments. Michel Silberfeld, a doctor, and Arthur Fish, a lawyer, draw on their experience at a competency clinic, citing fictional but realistic case studies and offering many concrete examples. The clinic is multidisciplinary and founded on the principle that competency is not simply a medical or legal concept, but rather a complex phenomenon that has medical, social, legal, and ethical dimensions. Silberfeld and Fish follow the same principle in the advice they offer. There are fundamental problems associated with incompetency and many similarities among the laws and social policies that apply to incompetent people in North America. This book is not a substitute for qualified professional help but it is a practical guide to thinking about incompetency, based on the premise that the best source of personal empowerment is knowledge and understanding. 588 0 Print version record. 590 eBooks on EBSCOhost|bEBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America 650 0 Mentally ill|xCare.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ subjects/sh85083701 650 0 Mentally ill older people|xCare.|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/subjects/sh2010011891 650 2 Mental Competency.|0https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D016743 650 2 Informed Consent.|0https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007258 650 2 Long-Term Care.|0https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008134 650 2 Custodial Care.|0https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003482 650 2 Legal Guardians.|0https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007872 650 7 Mentally ill|xCare.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/ 1016705 650 7 Mentally ill older people|xCare.|2fast|0https:// id.worldcat.org/fast/1767718 655 4 Electronic books. 700 1 Fish, Arthur.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/ n95800418 776 08 |iPrint version:|aSilberfeld, Michel.|tWhen the mind fails.|dToronto : University of Toronto Press, ©1994 |z9780802004635|w(DLC) 94165934|w(OCoLC)28669805 856 40 |uhttps://rider.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http:// search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site& db=nlebk&AN=468700|zOnline eBook. 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