Capable of More: Some Underemphasized Aspects of Capacity Assessment

Psychosomatics

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 217-226

  Kontos, Nicholas ^a   Querques, John ^a   Freudenreich, Oliver ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONSULTATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; DECISION MAKING; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PSYCHOLOGY;

DECISION MAKING; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; MENTAL COMPETENCY;

EID: 84929165471     PISSN: 00333182     EISSN: 15457206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psym.2014.11.004     Document Type: Article

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