Constructing competence: Formulating standards of legal competence to make medical decisions

Rutgers Law Review

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 345-

  Berg, Jessica Wilen ^a   Appelbaum, Paul S ^a   Grisso, Thomas ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL APPROACH; LEGAL ASPECT; MACARTHUR TREATMENT COMPETENCE STUDY; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL PATIENT; PATIENT; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STANDARD; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNITED STATES;

LEGAL APPROACH; MACARTHUR TREATMENT COMPETENCE STUDY; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ANGINA PECTORIS; COMPREHENSION; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MENTALLY ILL PERSONS; PATIENTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0041320537     PISSN: 00360465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (3)

1. See In re A.C., 573 A.2d 1235, 1238 (D.C. 1990) (en banc).
2. See McKay v. Bergstedt, 801 P.2d 617, 620 (Nev. 1990).
3. Zinermon v. Burch, 494 U.S. 113, 114 (1990); Steven K. Hoge, On Being "Too Crazy" to Sign Into a Mental Hospital: The Issue of Consent to Psychiatric Hospitalization, 22 BULL. AM. ACAD. OF PSYCHIATRY & L.