Instruction
1) Define competency in your own words, and summarize the impact of patient competency on the healthcare system.
2) Describe the legal system's involvement regarding competency decisions and the impact on the healthcare system.
3) Summarize the effect of health literacy on the healthcare system and why it is necessary to have a general understanding of the term competency.
4) Describe what capacity evaluations are, what purpose they serve, who is responsible for performing them, and what role they play in the healthcare system.
Each response should be at least 200 words in length.