Emergency determination of decision-making capacity: Balancing autonomy and beneficence in the emergency department

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 282-284

  Larkin, G L ^a   Marco, C A ^a   Abbott, J T ^a  

^a Emergency Med Assoc of Pittsburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical judgment; Decision making capacity; Informed consent; Refusal of care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SAFETY;

PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

BENEFICENCE; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; JUDGMENT; MENTAL COMPETENCY; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 0035092601     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2001.tb01307.x     Document Type: Article

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