The general psychiatrist's evaluation of competency

Harvard Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 172-176

  Miller, Michael Craig ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; COURT; EXPERT WITNESS; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; INFORMED CONSENT; LAW SUIT; MENTAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT;

HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MASSACHUSETTS; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MENTAL DISORDERS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033500619     PISSN: 10673229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hrp/7.3.172     Document Type: Article

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