Decision-making capacity and alcohol abuse: Clinical and ethical considerations in personal care choices

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 130-135

  Hazelton, Lara D ^a   Sterns, Gwenyth L ^b   Chisholm, Terry ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abuse; Alcohol; Capacity; Competency

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; REVIEW;

EID: 0037352396     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-8343(03)00005-7     Document Type: Review

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