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How to handle medical decisions when someone has fluctuating capacity

My husband has early dementia and some days he doesn't remember agreeing to the clinical trial but other days he's completely lucid and wants to continue.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The progressive loss of self creates an impossible question about which version of a person has the right to make decisions for all the versions they will become.

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“Where Are You with Medical ethics across traditions?”

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