Capacity-to-consent in psychiatric research: development and preliminary testing of a screening tool

Research on Social Work Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 545-556

  Zayas, Luis H ^a,c   Cabassa, Leopoldo J ^a   Perez, M Carmela ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacity to consent; Instrument development; Psychiatric research

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844512336     PISSN: 10497315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049731505275867     Document Type: Review

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