Understanding of informed consent by demented individuals

Neurology

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1662-1666

  Buckles, V D ^a,c   Powlishta, K K ^b   Palmer, J L ^a   Coats, M ^a   Hosto, T ^a   Buckley, A ^a   Morris, J C ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0347951407     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000098933.34804.FC     Document Type: Article

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