Challenges facing physicians and healthcare institutions caring for patients with mental incapacity

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 994-996

  Pearlman, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LIVING WILL; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; SHORT SURVEY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALTERNATIVES; AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY; AUTONOMY; CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; COMPETENCE; COMPREHENSION; INSTITUTIONAL POLICIES; PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; RISKS AND BENEFITS; STANDARDS; VALUES;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; COMPREHENSION; DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ETHICS COMMITTEES, CLINICAL; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; MENTAL COMPETENCY; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PATERNALISM; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029849769     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1996.tb01877.x     Document Type: Editorial

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