Informed consent and adolescents

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 534-540

  Schachter, Debbie ^a,b,e   Kleinman, Irwin ^b,c   Harvey, William ^d  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Capacity; Competency; Informed consent

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENCE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CANADA; CAREGIVER; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EMPIRICISM; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 31544477696     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: 14970015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674370505000906     Document Type: Review

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