Reliability of mental capacity assessments in psychiatric in-patients

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 187, Issue OCT., 2005, Pages 372-378

  Cairns, Ruth ^a   Maddock, Clementine ^a   Buchanan, Alec ^b   David, Anthony S ^a   Hayward, Peter ^c   Richardson, Genevra ^d   Szmukler, George ^a   Hotopf, Matthew ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MENTAL DISORDERS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 26644448955     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.187.4.372     Document Type: Article

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