A person must also be deemed mentally competent both at the time he or she applies for MAID and at the time the procedure is performed. A.TRUE B.FALSE
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Patient competency is determined locally, not globally. So, in terms of informed consent, a person needs only to be incompetent regarding medical decisions for them to lack the capacity to give informed consent. This means that this person could be competent in other parts of their life, such as managing their own money.
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