> But they could give consent in advance. There is plenty of data that shows that people are bad judges of their future opinions. “If X happened to me, I would

> But they could give consent in advance. There is plenty of data that shows that people are bad judges of their future opinions. “If X happened to me, I wouldn’t want to live anymore” often turns out to not be true. That makes it questionably whether consent years or even months ago implies consent now. And yes, that is very problematic in cases such as Alzheimer’s where people cannot consent now.