Competence and neuropsychological impairment in patients with dementia;Einwilligungsfähigkeit und neuropsychologische einschränkungen bei dementen patienten

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Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 29-35

  Vollmann, J ^a,b   Kuhl K P ^b   Tilmann, A ^b   Hartung, H D ^b   Helmchen, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Competence; Empirical study; Ethics in psychiatry; Informed consent; Neuropsychological tests; Psychopharmacotherapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; DEMENTIA; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL PATIENT; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOPATHY; RATING SCALE;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AWARENESS; DEMENTIA; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS;

EID: 10744227838     PISSN: 00282804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00115-003-1514-5     Document Type: Article

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