Supported Decision Making With People at the Margins of Autonomy

December 29, 2020

A paper that argues supported decision making is ideal for people with dynamic cognitive and functional impairments when compared to guardianship and similar surrogate decision-making frameworks. The authors propose a three-step model that specifies the necessary conditions of supported decision making and identify a series of challenges for this framework, providing preliminary responses, and highlighting avenues for future bioethics research. Read the full article here.