Physicians in training and bioethicists at Johns Hopkins have created an easy-to-remember checklist to help medical students and clinicians quickly assess a patient’s decision-making capacity in an emergency. (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News) MedWorm Message: Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm Swine Flu RSS news feed – updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources.

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Learning "CURVES": Bioethics Memory Aid Can Help Assess Patient Decision-Making Capacity in Medical Emergencies-2/4/10