Alzheimer's disease patients' and caregivers' capacity, competency, and reasons to enroll in an early-phase Alzheimer's disease clinical trial

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2019-2024

  Karlawish, Jason H T ^a,b,c,e   Casarett, David J ^a,d   James, Bryan D ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Alzheimer's Disease Center   (United States)

^c Center for Bioethics   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Philadelphia Vet Aff Med Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Competency; Decision making capacity; Informed consent; Research ethics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; CLINICAL TRIALS; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0036901261     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2002.50615.x     Document Type: Article

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