Competency Flashcards
1
Q
Does competency fall under medical or legal concepts
A
Legal
2
Q
What is competency
A
the capacity to understand the consequences of one’s decisions
3
Q
When is a person ruled incompetent?
A
if the court rules them incompetent
4
Q
Response, if a person is deemed incompetent
A
A healthcare proxy will be named
5
Q
What is a commitment?
A
Involuntary treatment
6
Q
Basic criteria for commitment
A
Need a diagnosis
Risk of harm to self or others
The individual is either incompetent or refuses to accept their diagnosis
Being treated as a positive prognosis for the diagnosis
7
Q
The main difference between voluntary and involuntary commitment
A
The patient has civil liberties, but they can not go as they please when involuntary
