HEALTH
Does Your Patient Really Need a Guardian?
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BOSTON — Primary care clinicians caring for patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities often recommend guardianship, a responsibility with life-altering implications. But only approximately 30% of primary care residency programs in the United States provide training on how to assess the ability of patients with disabilities to make decisions for themselves…