Acceptance and insight: Incapacity to give informed consent

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 554-558

  Van Staden, Werdie ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b Department of Psychiatry ^*  (South Africa)

Author keywords

(in)competence; Appreciation; Capacity; Reasoning; Understanding

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPREHENSION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTROSPECTION; MANIA; MENTAL CAPACITY; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW;

HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 70350179527     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0b013e32833168b9     Document Type: Review

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