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ArticleThe American journal of bioethics : AJOB2021

Supported Decision Making With People at the Margins of Autonomy.

Andrew Peterson, Jason Karlawish, Emily Largent

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Article in The American journal of bioethics : AJOB, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

32 citing papers in PubMed.

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  16. Facing the new diagnostic and treatment options of Alzheimer's disease: The necessity of informed consent.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025
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  18. When a Patient Is at Foreseeable Risk of Losing Decisional and Functional Capacity.The journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law · 2024
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  19. Self-Determination Research: Current and Future Directions.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Andrew PetersonGeorge Mason University.ORCID 0000-0001-5192-3348
Jason KarlawishUniversity of Pennsylvania.ORCID 0000-0002-6880-2865
Emily LargentUniversity of Pennsylvania.ORCID 0000-0002-7536-5077

Funding

Training Core (I)U54AG063546 · NIA · BROWN UNIVERSITY · PI JASON H KARLAWISH · 2019 to 2026
$125.9M
UPenn ADCC Biomarker CoreP30AG010124 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI XIE, SHARON XIANGWEN · 1991 to 2020
$35.1M
UNDERSTANDING HOW THE STUDY PARTNER REQUIREMENT IMPACTS THE DISCOVERY AND TRANSLATION OF PRECLINICAL ALZHEIMERS DISEASEK01AG064123 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI LARGENT, EMILY · 2019 to 2023
$637k
Caregivers' Experiences with and Perspectives on Communication with Persons with DementiaR21AG069805 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI KARLAWISH, JASON H, PETERSON, ANDREW H · 2020 to 2021
$452k
NIA NIH HHS K01 AG064123NIA NIH HHS P30 AG010124NIA NIH HHS R21 AG069805NIA NIH HHS U54 AG063546
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This article argues that supported decision making is ideal for people with dynamic cognitive and functional impairments that place them at the margins of autonomy. First, we argue that guardianship and similar surrogate decision-making frameworks may be inappropriate for people with dynamic impairments. Second, we provide a conceptual foundation for supported decision making for individuals with dynamic impairments, which integrates the social model of disability with relational accounts of autonomy. Third, we propose a three-step model that specifies the necessary conditions of supported decision making: identifying domains for support; identifying kinds of supports; and reaching a mutually acceptable and formal agreement. Finally, we identify a series of challenges for supported decision making, provide preliminary responses, and highlight avenues for future bioethics research.

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Decision MakingPersons with DisabilitiesHumansPersonal Autonomyagingchronic conditionsdecision makingDisabilityhealth policyneurodegenerative diseaseneurologyrehabilitation

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PMID33372858
PMCPMC8239054

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