Medical decision-making capacity in patients with mild cognitive impairment

Neurology

Volumn 69, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 1528-1535

  Okonkwo, O ^a   Griffith, H R ^b,c   Belue, K ^b,c   Lanza, S ^b,c   Zamrini, E Y ^e   Harrell, L E ^b,c,d   Brockington, J C ^b,c   Clark, D ^b,c,d   Raman, R ^f   Marson, D C ^b,c  

^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)

^d BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPIRICISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; COGNITION DISORDERS; DECISION MAKING; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 35148816151     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000277639.90611.d9     Document Type: Article

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