Who can say yes (or no) to a physician - And how does the physician know they can?

Neurology

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1494-1495

  McQuillen, Michael P ^a,b   Tariot, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b Building C   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COMPREHENSION; DECISION MAKING; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MEMORY DISORDER; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRUST;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 18144414305     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000159863.42595.CC     Document Type: Editorial

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