A prospective observational study of decisional capacity determinations in an academic medical center

International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 405-415

  Kahn, Debra R ^a   Bourgeois, James A ^a   Klein, Sally C ^a   Iosif, Ana Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive disorders; Decisional capacity; Mini Mental State Examination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICAL SERVICE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOSOMATICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TREATMENT REFUSAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76949098740     PISSN: 00912174     EISSN: 15413527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/PM.39.4.e     Document Type: Article

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