Competence and incompetence are constructs that emerge in the social milieu of everyday life. Individuals are continually making and revising judgments about ea

“Incompetence” is not an objective state lacking competence nor a kind of deficiency that needs to be filled. Rather, it is a constructed state that is prod

This book is the most comprehensive treatment available of one of the most urgent problems in bioethics: decision-making for incompetents.