Mental Capacity and End of Life Decision-Making

End-of-Life Care, Dying and Death in the Islamic Moral Tradition

“…Moral Agency Many of the EoLC questions and dilemmas have to do with our understanding of what moral agency is and with related concepts like (mental/cognitive) decision-making capacity. Besides the role of these concepts in addressing EoLC moral dilemmas, available research reveal that restoring and/or supporting moral agency can positively impact the patients' health outcomes and their ability to cope (Kirk, Coyle and Doolittle 2015, 28;Price and Barry 2016;Fairman and Irwin 2016, 396-397).…”