Patients' competence to consent to treatment [8]

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 358, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 644-

  Spike, Jeffrey P ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSULTATION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LETTER; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 38949175385     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc073276     Document Type: Letter

References (2)

1. Appelbaum PS. Assessment of patient's competence to consent to treatment. N Engl J Med 2007;357:1834-40.
2. Spike JP. Assessment of decision-making capacity. In: Aronson C, Brummel-Smith K, eds. Reichel's care of the elderly. 6th ed. New York: Cambridge University Press (in press).