The MacArthur Treatment Competence Study. I - Mental Illness and competence to consent to treatment

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 105-126

  Appelbaum, Paul S ^a   Grisso, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; COMPREHENSION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LAW; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT RIGHT; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT;

COMPETENCE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROL GROUPS; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EVALUATION; INSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS; MACARTHUR TREATMENT COMPETENCE STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES; MENTALLY ILL; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES;

COGNITION; COMMUNICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EVALUATION STUDIES; HEART DISEASES; INFORMED CONSENT; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; JURISPRUDENCE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MENTALLY ILL PERSONS; METHODS; PATIENTS; PSYCHIATRY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0028932205     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: 1573661X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01499321     Document Type: Article

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