Bioethics in practice: A quarterly column about medical ethics - Assessment of patients' capacity to make medical decisions

Ochsner Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 92-93

  Blais, Christopher M ^a  

^a OCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOETHICS; FAMILY CONFLICT; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL CAPACITY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 84862741437     PISSN: 15245012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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