lacks capacity
C1CEFR level
70/100Rarity: rare
TechnicalRegister
Describing a patient unable to understand, retain, weigh or communicate a decision about their care.
The consultant documented that the patient lacks capacity to consent to admission at present.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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