Ten myths about decision-making capacity

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 263-267

  Ganzini, Linda ^a   Volicer, Ladislav ^b,c   Nelson, William A ^d   Fox, Ellen ^b   Derse, Arthur R ^e  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making capacity; Ethics; Informed consent

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT RIGHT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS COMMITTEES, CLINICAL; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; MENTAL COMPETENCY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 4143083966     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1525-8610(04)70134-6     Document Type: Article

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