Concept

Mental capacity

Properties

Alt label
  • Mentally disadvantaged
  • Mentally incapacitated
SES ID
  • 91987
  • 50423
  • 50425
Notation
  • 91987
In scheme
Broader
Definition
  • Judgement of whether a person lacks capacity to make a decision for her or himself because of an impairment of, or a disturbance in the functioning of, the mind or brain.