Voice: Cognitive impairment and medical decision making

Journal of Clinical Ethics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 303-313

  Powell, Tia ^a  

^a New York State Task Force on Life and the Law   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

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COGNITIVE DEFECT; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES; PATIENT; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

COGNITION DISORDERS; DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; MENTAL COMPETENCY; PATIENTS; UNITED STATES;

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