Clinical utility of the mini-mental status examination when assessing decision-making capacity

Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-8

  Pachet, Arlin ^a   Astner, Kevin ^a   Brown, Lenora ^a  

^a NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Capacity; Cognitive screening; Competency; Decision making; Dementia; MMSE

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MINI MENTAL STATUS EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77149145845     PISSN: 08919887     EISSN: 15525708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891988709342727     Document Type: Article

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