Therefore, doctors should be assessing the hunger striker to determine whether he is mentally competent, whether he is suicidal, and whether he is being pressured by other detainees into fasting.
To investigate whether people competent in algebra impose perceptual objects on algebraic expressions, we adapted the property verification paradigm used previously to demonstrate object-based attention (e.g., Baylis & Driver, 1992; Zemel et al., 2002).
Meredith questioned whether a competent replacement could be found; Patterson assured him that one could.
The findings of Kang and colleagues also contribute to the resolution of recent discussions regarding whether metastasis competent cells are rare variants or are prevalent within primary tumors.
In addition to content analysis, equally important and under-studied is an evaluation of whether culturally competent learning objectives are met.
The GPs in public health centres have received training to meet the needs of various client groups, but the question can still be raised as to whether they are aware of the specificity of their working-age clientele, whether they are competent, and whether postgraduate medical education should be available for handling the health problems of patients in more or less 'atypical' career situations.
"Doctors intending to perform the procedure must now speak with the young woman and determine whether she is legally... competent, whether she can make a decision herself about whether she should terminate the pregnancy or not".
However, it is not known how frequently competence changes during evolution, or whether non-competent strains can persist for long periods of time.
It's clear now there are open concerns in Washington and London over whether this guy is competent enough, whether he's undermining a relationship that they value.
Judge Burns also ordered that the exam be limited to whether Mr. Loughner was competent to stand trial, not whether he was sane at the time of the shootings.
