Preliminary Turkish study of psychiatric in-patients' competence to make treatment decisions

Asia-Pacific Psychiatry

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Aydin Er, Rahime ^a   Sehiralti, Mine ^a   Aker, Ahmet Tamer ^a  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Clinical ethics; Informed consent; Mental competence; Patient; Psychiatry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MACARTHUR COMPETENCE ASSESSMENT TOOL TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; MOOD DISORDER; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

CLINICAL ETHICS; INFORMED CONSENT; MENTAL COMPETENCE; PATIENT; PSYCHIATRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INPATIENTS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT RIGHTS; POLICY MAKING; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHIATRY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT REFUSAL; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874306886     PISSN: 17585864     EISSN: 17585872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/appy.12000     Document Type: Article

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