A guide to assessing decision-making capacity

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 971-975

  Jones, Roger C ^a   Holden, Timothy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; COGNITION; COMPETENCE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL CAPACITY; PATIENT CARE; PILOT STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STANDARD; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY;

ALGORITHMS; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MENTAL COMPETENCY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 13844257013     PISSN: 08911150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.71.12.971     Document Type: Review

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