 Also relevant is the fact that the law (again in other non-medical areas) often seeks to make global assessments of a person’s decision-making abilities. For example, a global determination of incompetence to manage one’s affairs may lead to one person losing a wide range of personal freedoms. It would typically result in a family member or guardian being appointed to look out for that individual’s finances, living arrangements etc. In short, a great many decisions are now off limits for that individual. But in medical contexts, such global assessments are no longer thought to be appropriate. Instead, the focus is supposed to be on particular decisions (see decision relativity in  §5.2).  Thus an individual can be deemed capable of making one decision, but not another. 