Commentary: Incorporation of competence instruments into clinical practice

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 483-485

  Mankad, Mehul V ^a   Brakel, S Jan ^a   Wilson, Rodgers M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPETENCE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; MENTAL CAPACITY; NOTE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; MENTAL COMPETENCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROC CURVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036943622     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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