Medical decision-making abilities in older adults with chronic partial epilepsy

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 63-68

  Bambara, Jennifer K ^a   Griffith, H Randall ^a,b   Martin, Roy C ^a,b   Faught, Edward ^b   Wadley, Virginia G ^a,c   Marson, Daniel C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b The University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Epilepsy; Flderly; Informed consent; Mental competency; Neuropsychological tests

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; ONSET AGE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEIZURE;

AGED; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 33846384336     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2006.10.003     Document Type: Article

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