Older Persons and Compromised Decisional Capacity: The Role of Public Policy in Defining and Developing Core Professional Competencies

26 Journal of Aging and Social Policy (2014) (published by Taylor and Francis Publisher)

FSU College of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 681

20 Pages Posted: 17 Apr 2014

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Marshall B. Kapp

Florida State University - College of Law and College of Medicine

Date Written: April 15, 2014

Abstract

Issues frequently arise concerning the cognitive and emotional ability of older individuals to make certain legally significant decisions. In confronting these issues, the professional involvement of both attorneys and physicians (and other health care professionals), acting both individually and collaboratively, is desirable. This article describes the possible contributions of public policy in developing, through fostering innovations in medical and legal education, core competencies for physicians and attorneys that are essential to improving interprofessional collaboration on behalf of older individuals suspected of being compromised in their ability to make certain significant decisions. Additionally, ideas are suggested to address certain aspects of the current policy environment that may inhibit attorneys and physicians from optimal interprofessional interaction in this sphere.

Keywords: Professional competencies, Professional education, Decisional capacity, Physician-attorney collaboration

Suggested Citation

Kapp, Marshall, Older Persons and Compromised Decisional Capacity: The Role of Public Policy in Defining and Developing Core Professional Competencies (April 15, 2014). 26 Journal of Aging and Social Policy (2014) (published by Taylor and Francis Publisher), FSU College of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 681, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2425253

Marshall Kapp (Contact Author)

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