Assessment of patients' competence to consent to treatment

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 357, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 1834-

  Appelbaum, Paul S ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOOT ULCER; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; KNEE AMPUTATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AMPUTATION; DECISION MAKING; DIABETIC FOOT; GANGRENE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; REVIEW;

AGED; AMPUTATION; DECISION MAKING; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; GANGRENE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 35748974550     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcp074045     Document Type: Review

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