Assessing decision-making capacity: A slippery business

Community Mental Health Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 321-325

  Backlar, Patricia ^a,b,c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c National Community Mental Healthcare Council

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL HEALTH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

DECISION MAKING; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE;

EID: 0030202490     PISSN: 00103853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02249450     Document Type: Article

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