What does someone need to show they understand to display capacity for decision-making about whether or not to die? I& #39;m concerned (after last week& #39;s COP hearing) that there may be a high threshold for capacity for ppl with impairments - either that, or v many ppl lack capacity.

I often talk to ppl who display varying degrees of denial - one moment show acceptance of it + another talk about plans for years hence; who think if you don& #39;t talk about death it won& #39;t happen; a few who& #39;ve jokingly told me they& #39;re immortal to deflect discussion of EOL plans.

Counsel said P didn& #39;t accept "finality" of death - but for many ppl death isn& #39;t "final": there& #39;s an afterlife heaven, in ppl& #39;s memories, in a legacy, reincarnation or cryogenics.

Psychologists report our brains are wired up to feel "existential anxiety" with reminders of our own mortality - leading to denial + terror, contradictory behaviour + refusal to accept that we might ever die. So what exactly does a & #39;capacitous& #39; understanding of death look like?