Constructing competence: formulating standards of legal competence to make medical decisions

Rutgers Law Rev. 1996 Winter;48(2):345-71.

Authors

J W Berg¹, P S Appelbaum, T Grisso

Affiliation

¹ Law and Psychiatry Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Medical School, USA.

PMID: 16086484

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Angina Pectoris
Comprehension
Decision Making
Depression
Humans
Informed Consent / legislation & jurisprudence*
Informed Consent / standards*
Mental Competency / legislation & jurisprudence*
Mental Competency / standards*
Mentally Ill Persons* / legislation & jurisprudence
Patients / psychology
Schizophrenia
Treatment Refusal
United States