Emotion and value in the evaluation of medical decision-making capacity: A narrative review of arguments

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 7, Issue MAY, 2016, Pages

  Hermann, Helena ^a   Trachsel, Manuel ^a   Elger, Bernice S ^b,c   Biller Andorno, Nikola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Competence; Decision making capacity; Emotion; Informed consent; Review; Self determination; Value

Indexed keywords

EID: 84974659865     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00765     Document Type: Review

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