The capacity to appoint a proxy and the
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Scott Y. H. Kim; Paul S. Appelbaum
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Article
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2006
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract With the projected increase in the number of persons with dementia (who eventually lose their capacity to give informed consent to treatment and research), thirdβparty decisionβmaking will become even more common than it is today. We argue that, because there are situations in which an