The MacArthur Treatment Competence Study. III: Abilities of patients to consent to psychiatric and medical treatments

Law Hum Behav. 1995 Apr;19(2):149-74. doi: 10.1007/BF01499323.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Multicenter Study

MeSH terms

  • Cognition
  • Communication
  • Comprehension
  • Control Groups
  • Decision Making
  • Depressive Disorder
  • Evaluation Studies as Topic*
  • Heart Diseases
  • Humans
  • Informed Consent*
  • Institutionalization
  • Jurisprudence
  • Mental Competency*
  • Mentally Ill Persons*
  • Methods
  • Patients
  • Psychiatry
  • Reference Standards*
  • Research Design
  • Schizophrenia
  • Treatment Refusal
  • United States