Cognitive Fluctuations as a Challenge for the Assessment of Decision-Making Capacity in Patients With Dementia

American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and other Dementias

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 360-363

  Trachsel, Manuel ^a   Hermann, Helena ^a   Biller Andorno, Nikola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; autonomy; cognitive fluctuations; decision making capacity; dementia with Lewy bodies; Parkinson's disease

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE FLUCTUATION; DECISION MAKING CAPACITY; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EPISODIC MEMORY; HUMAN; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; SEMANTIC MEMORY; THINKING; WORKING MEMORY; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; DECISION MAKING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

COGNITION DISORDERS; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; HUMANS;

EID: 84930512955     PISSN: 15333175     EISSN: 19382731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1533317514539377     Document Type: Article

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