Assessing assessments of decision-making capacity: A few legal queries and commentary on "assessment of decision-making capacity in older adults"

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Kapp, Marshall B ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FINANCE; GERONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ECONOMICS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; INFORMED CONSENT; MENTAL CAPACITY; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MENTAL COMPETENCY; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947715739     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/62.1.P12     Document Type: Note

References (2)

1. Kapp, M. B. (2002). Decisional capacity in theory and practice: Legal process versus "bumbling through." Aging and Menial Health, 6, 413-417.
2. Moye, J., & Marson, D. C. (2006). Assessment of decision-making capacity in older adults: An emerging area of practice and research. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 62B, P3-P11.