Review of Reviews: “Aging in the 21st Century: Using Neuroscience to Assess Competency in Guardianships,” 4 Wis. L. Rev. (2018)Review of Reviews: “Aging in the 21st Century: Using Neuroscience to Assess Competency in Guardianships,” 4 Wis. L. Rev. (2018)
Betsy J. Grey, the Jack E. Brown Professor of Law, at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University in Tempe, Ariz.
Over 7.5 million people will suffer from dementia from Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in the next decade, bringing a host of physical, emotional and legal challenges to those impacted by this degenerative illness and to their caregivers. Professor Betsy J. Grey makes a comprehensive and timely examination of questions that should be considered when it comes to the application of testing for biomarkers for AD in determining what she considers one of society’s most weighty decisions—the removal of a person’s decision-making authority in a guardianship proceeding.
Presently, the decision to declare when an individual is deemed legally incompetent largely rests on what’s ultimately a subjective process. Clinical experts are called on to take a ke...
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