Assessing capacity

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 233-242

  Miller, Stuart S ^a   Marin, Deborah B ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETENCE; COMPREHENSION; DECISION MAKING; DOCUMENTATION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIVING WILL; MENTAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STANDARD; THINKING;

EID: 0034113949     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0733-8627(05)70120-6     Document Type: Article

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