Ought We to Require Emotional Capacity as Part of Decisional Competence?

Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 377-387

  Appelbaum, Paul S ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN INJURY; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MACARTHUR TREATMENT COMPETENCE STUDY; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL PATIENT; PATIENT; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; STANDARD;

MACARTHUR TREATMENT COMPETENCE STUDY; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN INJURIES; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONS; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MENTALLY ILL PERSONS; PATIENTS; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 0032237808     PISSN: 10546863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/ken.1998.0024     Document Type: Article

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