Dr. Michel Silberfeld has been a specialist in psychiatry in Ontario from 1976. He worked at The Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care from 1985 to 2002. From 1988 until March 2002, he was the founder and co-ordinator of the Competency Clinic. He was involved in the implementation of the Consent and Capacity legislation now current in Ontario. Dr. Silberfeld is the author of more than 60 articles and several book chapters on capacity published in the fields of medicine, law, and bioethics. He has co-authored two books: When the Mind Fails (University of Toronto Press: 1994); Capacity to Marry (Canada Lawbooks: 2010). For his work on the Competency Clinic and his work on capacity issues he won one of the Sandoz International Prizes in Gerontology. As a co-principal on a published research projection capacity to give an advance directive, he received along with his co-authors a prize from the American Geriatrics Society. He has been a frequent contributor to legal conferences and to continuing legal education on matters of capacity.
His major publications include:
- When The Mind Fails
- Capacity to Marry
