Scott Kim

Workstream 6: Contested Assessment | Core member

Senior investigator, Department of Bioethics, National Institute of Health, USA. Scott has interests in decision-making capacity and methodological issues in empirical bioethics research. He will conduct research within Work Stream 6 and contribute widely across the research network.

Research

Mental capacity—why look for a paradigm shift? – Ruck Keene, A., et al. (2023)
Difficult Capacity Cases—The Experience of Liaison Psychiatrists. An Interview Study Across Three Jurisdictions. – Kane, N., et al. (2022)
Broad concepts and messy realities: optimising the application of mental capacity criteria – Kim, S. et al. (2021)
Applying decision-making capacity criteria in practice: A content analysis of court judgments – Kane, N. et al.(2021)
Taking capacity seriously? Ten years of mental capacity disputes before England's Court of Protection
Legal capacity, mental capacity and supported decision-making: Report from a panel event

Activity

A critical friend perspective on the MCA – and the consequences of standing in the shoes of P: in conversation with Scott Kim