In both cases, the questions about mental competence have been overshadowed by revulsion over the crimes.

And how to define and document the patient's wish when the patient has lost mental competence?

Information and advice on determining mental competence, guardianship, financial planning and government benefits.

Older adults may not have the health, mental competence or the finances to run their lives the way they want anymore.

It is the question of mental competence that most captured public attention in the case of the man known as the Oddfather.

But he says it may need to be refined, with tougher language on judging the mental competence of patients.

It is difficult to confirm a patient's terminal status and assess mental competence to make the decision to die.

His mental competence in office, they said in a series of recent interviews, was never in doubt.

It is a question that people are still asking about mental competence and criminal behavior, especially in cases that use insanity defenses.

Nevertheless, she spoke for her own mental competence at the time, a judgment which was echoed by the court.