Assessing patients whose language you do not know: Can the absurd be ethical?

Clinical Neuropsychologist

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 113-126

  Artiola I Fortuny, Lidia ^a,b   Mullaney, Helene A ^a  

^a Independent Practice   (United States)

^b Clinical Neuropsychology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; CULTURAL FACTOR; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL ETHICS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; RISK;

EID: 0008363192     PISSN: 13854046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/clin.12.1.113.1727     Document Type: Article

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