Competence to consent to voluntary psychiatric hospitalization: A test of a standard proposed by APA

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1193-1196

  Appelbaum, Binyamin C ^a   Appelbaum, Paul S ^a   Grisso, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MENTAL DISEASE; STANDARDIZATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031670076     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.49.9.1193     Document Type: Article

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