Variability of Judgments of Capacity: Experience of Capacity Evaluators in a Study of Research Consent Capacity

Psychosomatics

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 346-353

  Kim, Scott Y H ^a   Appelbaum, Paul S ^b   Kim, H Myra ^a   Wall, Ian F ^a   Bourgeois, James A ^c   Frankel, Bernard ^d   Hails, Kevin C ^e   Rundell, James R ^f   Seibel, Kathleen M ^g   Karlawish, Jason H ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^g EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATEGORICAL CAPACITY JUDGMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONSULTATION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PSYCHIATRIST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VIDEORECORDING; CUSTODY; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; MENTAL CAPACITY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; JUDGMENT; MENTAL COMPETENCY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PROXY; PSYCHIATRY;

EID: 84856376417     PISSN: 00333182     EISSN: 15457206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psym.2011.01.012     Document Type: Article

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