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them and you will be the one who is in a position to say
they are able to understand the kinds of things I would be
raising or not understanding it.
I do not think we have to anticipate the -- but
you are absolutely right. The notion of a therapeutic
misconception or therapeutic confusion that arises is
pervasive in human subjects research and it is probably
particularly an issue with long-term relationships and
particularly in relationships where there are difficulties
in mental processes.
DR. CHILDRESS: Diane gets the last word and
then we will turn it over to Harold. We might even get in
a three or four minute break here.
DR. SCOTT-JONES: I just wanted to point out
that on page nine and ten of the report there is a pretty
good discussion of -- I am sorry. There is a good
discussion of varieties in decision making impairment. I
think the problem is that when we get to recommendations we
lose this complexity and we make the population homogeneous
again. But here the various elements that are important,
including the situation itself, the particular decisions to
be made, all of that is laid out here pretty well. What we
need to do is to find some way to incorporate this into the
recommendation and not lose these distinctions.