“…Previous studies have shown that individuals with AD have limited medical decision‐making capacity (MDC) already in early stages of the disease (Huthwaite, Martin, Griffith, Anderson, Harrell & Marson, ; Marson, Ingram, Cody & Harrell, ; Marson, Schmitt, Ingram & Harrell, ; Okonkwo, Griffith, Belue et al ., ; Okonkwo, Griffith, Copeland et al ., ; Tallberg, Stormoen, Almkvist, Eriksdotter & Sundström, ). Problems arise regarding understanding, reasoning and appreciation (Marson, Cody, Ingram & Harell, ; Marson, Ingram et al ., ; Moye, Karel, Gurrera & Azar, ) as well as evaluating risks and benefits and expressing a decision (Tallberg et al ., ). Correlations have been found between MDC and other cognitive functions in AD, for example verbal retrieval (Gurrera, Moye et al ., ), verbal knowledge, episodic memory, cognitive speed and working memory (Stormoen, Almkvist, Eriksdotter, Sundstrom & Tallberg, ).…”