Decisional capacity for informed consent in schizophrenia research

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 533-538

  Carpenter Jr , William T ^a   Gold, James M ^a   Lahti, Adrienne C ^a   Queern, Caleb A ^a   Conley, Robert R ^a   Bartko, John J ^a   Kovnick, Jeffrey ^b   Appelbaum, Paul S ^c  

^a MARYLAND PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; PERFORMANCE; RATING SCALE; RESEARCH; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0342927486     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.57.6.533     Document Type: Article

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