Ethical and human-rights issues in research on mental disorders that may affect decision-making capacity

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 340, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 1430-1434

  Capron, Alexander Morgan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DISEASE; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; COMPETENCE; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; LEGAL APPROACH; MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES; MENTALLY ILL; MINORS; NATIONAL BIOETHICS ADVISORY COMMISSION; NONTHERAPEUTIC RESEARCH; RESEARCH INSTITUTES; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; THERAPEUTIC RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTALLY ILL PERSONS; MINORS; NONTHERAPEUTIC HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; PROFESSIONAL STAFF COMMITTEES; RESEARCH; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; THERAPEUTIC HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; THIRD-PARTY CONSENT; UNITED STATES; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 0033529025     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199905063401812     Document Type: Review

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