Are disturbed and normal adolescents equally competent to make decisions about mental health treatments?

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 273-287

  Mulvey, Edward E ^a   Peeples, Faith L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0030017209     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01499024     Document Type: Article

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