Evaluations of competency of patients with organic mental disorder

Psychological Reports

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 107-113

  Vasavada, Tarak ^a   Masand, Prakash S ^b   Nasra, George ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; EXPERT WITNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AGED; DELIRIUM; DELIRIUM, DEMENTIA, AMNESTIC, COGNITIVE DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; EXPERT TESTIMONY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0031066153     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1997.80.1.107     Document Type: Article

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