Decision-making capacity

Clinical Geriatrics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 15-19

  Lantz, Melinda S ^a  

^a Jewish Home and Hospital   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; COMPETENCE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTESTINE PERFORATION; LAPAROTOMY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL DISEASE; PHYSICIAN; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 33644646093     PISSN: 10951598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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