23 Treatment refusal can occur in the presence or absence of decision-making capacity.
24 The core elements of capacity are the ability to understand the information relevant to the decision, the ability to use or weigh that information as part of the decision-making process, and to communicate the decision.
25 Common law establishes that an adult is presumed to have the capacity to consent to or refuse medical treatment unless that presumption is rebutted.
26 However, capacity may be affected by symptoms of mental and physical illness, emotional state and cognition, which may fluctuate over time and resolve with treatment and support.
27,28 With psychosis, for example, there may be symptoms such as delusional beliefs leading to mistrust of clinicians or denial of illness.
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Facebook users ditch platform, find the social media giant boring , national survey shows
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Dr Roger Patulny says people are gaining more control over their social media use.
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It might be a technology giant used by 2.7 billion people, but Australians are losing their interest in Facebook because they think it is boring, according to new research.
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Social media users are reducing their Facebook use, according to research from the Australian Survey of Social Attitudes
Sociology lecturer Roger Patulny says the main reason people are switching off is because they find social media boring
ABC Everyday
After showing anger to another driver while her daughter was in the car, Shona wondered what the impact of her witnessing that behaviour is.
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Cancel You re an idiot! I shout loudly at the driver who has just illegally turned in front of me.
As I sit there shaking my head in frustration, I hear my daughter s voice from the back seat. That driver is an idiot, she agrees, also shaking her head.
Although part of me was secretly pleased that I had my mini-me s support, the other part of me knew the reality: she is only six and road rules and driving behaviour aren t really something she has much knowledge or experience in well, apart from observing mine.