@article{ref1,
title="Borderline personality disorder: exceptions to the concept of responsible and competent",
journal="Australasian psychiatry",
year="2010",
author="Little, John and Little, Bridget",
volume="18",
number="5",
pages="445-450",
abstract="AIM: This article examines whether neurocognitive deficits or age prevents people with borderline personality disorder from being considered responsible and competent. METHOD: A review of the literature was undertaken relating to borderline personality disorder (BPD), personal responsibility and competency. RESULT: Neither neurobiological differences nor age automatically disqualify the person with BPD from being responsible and competent for decisions relating to their own life and death. CONCLUSION: Clinical, legal and ethical literature support this result and thereby re-establishes a basis for the recognition and respect of an individual's dignity.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1039-8562",
doi="10.3109/10398562.2010.500669",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/10398562.2010.500669"
}