Concerned about client decision-making capacity? Considerations for practice

Care Management Journals

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 50-55

  Black, Kathy ^a   Osman, Hana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA SARASOTA MANATEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Beneficence; Clients; Competency; Elder

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANOREXIA; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CASE MANAGER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPETENCE; ELDERLY CARE; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MENTAL CAPACITY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SELF NEGLECT; WELLBEING;

AGED; CASE MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MENTAL COMPETENCY;

EID: 32644462019     PISSN: 15210987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/cmaj.6.2.50     Document Type: Review

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