Understanding mental capacity
3 Who is the decision maker?
The answer to the question ‘Who is the decision maker?’ can be expressed as a continuum as illustrated in the figure below.
Figure 2 Who is the decision maker continuum
On one hand there are people who can make decisions for themselves given the right help. In other cases, more formal processes are needed. We consider these cases now.
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