Decision-making capacity to execute a health care proxy: Development and testing of guidelines

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 179-187

  Mezey, Mathy ^a   Teresi, Jeanne ^b,c   Ramsey, Gloria ^a   Mitty, Ethel ^a   Bobrowitz, Tracy ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Hebrew Home Aged Riverdale   (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance directives; Capacity; Decision making; Dementia; Health care proxy

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUSTODY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVING WILL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; NURSING HOME; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RECALL; RECOGNITION; RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0033953152     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2000.tb03909.x     Document Type: Article

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