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. 2007 Nov 1;357(18):1834-40.

doi: 10.1056/NEJMcp074045.

Clinical practice. Assessment of patients' competence to consent to treatment

Paul S Appelbaum¹

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¹ Division of Law, Ethics, and Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York 10032, USA. psa21@columbia.edu

PMID: 17978292
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcp074045

Review

Clinical practice. Assessment of patients' competence to consent to treatment

Paul S Appelbaum. N Engl J Med. 2007.

. 2007 Nov 1;357(18):1834-40.

doi: 10.1056/NEJMcp074045.

Author

Paul S Appelbaum¹

Affiliation

¹ Division of Law, Ethics, and Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York 10032, USA. psa21@columbia.edu

PMID: 17978292
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcp074045

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Patients' competence to consent to treatment.
Spike JP. Spike JP. N Engl J Med. 2008 Feb 7;358(6):644; author reply 644. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc073276. N Engl J Med. 2008. PMID: 18256403 No abstract available.

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