Mental capacity to consent to treatment and admission decisions in older adult psychiatric inpatients

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1367-1375

  Maxmin, Kate ^a   Cooper, Claudia ^a   Potter, Laurence ^a   Livingston, Gill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capacity; Decision making; Dementia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW; INTROSPECTION; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT RIGHT; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS;

EID: 73249124758     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.2272     Document Type: Article

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