Assertion: autonomy's capacity | /r/CapableOf | make autonomous choices
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text: Difficult issues arise when a patient has diminished autonomy—when, for example, the capacity to make autonomous choices is compromised by mental illness, or by , or by heavy doses of medications.
text: Performing surgery on a patient without informed consent is in general thought to only be ethically justified when the neurosurgeon and his/her team render the patient to not have the capacity to make autonomous decisions.