End stage anorexia: Criteria for competence to refuse treatment

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 677-695

  Gans, Margery ^a   Gunn Jr , Willam B ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b NH Darthmouth Family Medicine Residency Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COGNITION; COMPETENCE; COMPREHENSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ABUSE; EMOTION; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL HEALTH; MORALITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT RIGHT; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUALITY; TRANSFERENCE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0345293378     PISSN: 01602527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2003.09.004     Document Type: Article

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