Assessing client competence to participate in rehabilitation decision making

NeuroRehabilitation

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 123-132

  Auerbach, Vivian S ^a   Banja, John D ^b  

^a Neuropsychological Associates   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Competency; Consent to treatment; Decision making; Ethics; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; REHABILITATION CENTER; VIDEOTAPE;

EID: 0029932550     PISSN: 10538135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1053-8135(96)81032-8     Document Type: Article

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