Experienced consent in geriatrics research: A new method to optimize the capacity to consent in frail elderly subjects

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 271-276

  Olde Rikkert, Marcel G M ^a   Van Den Bercken, John H L ^a,c   Ten Have, Henk A M J ^a   Hoefnagels, Willibrord H L ^a,b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Geriatrics; Human experimentation; Informed consent; Medical ethics; Mental competency

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; BODY WEIGHT; COMPETENCE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FLUID BALANCE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WRITING;

EID: 0030678093     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.23.5.271     Document Type: Article

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