Capacity and Declination of Care in the Surgical Patient

Affiliations

• ¹ Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Residency Program, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
• ² Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
• ³ Department of Social Work, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
• ⁴ Optimum Care Committee, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
• ⁵ Office of General Counsel, Mass General Brigham Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
• ⁶ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.