Consistency of physician judgments of capacity to consent in mild Alzheimer's disease

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 453-457

  Marson, Daniel C ^a,b,c   McInturff, Bronwyn ^a   Hawkins, Lauren ^a   Bartolucci, Alfred ^b,c   Harrell, Lindy E ^a,b,c  

^a The University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PHYSICIAN;

EID: 0030890943     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1997.tb05170.x     Document Type: Article

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