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Mental Competency (Latest Articles)
Latest indexed articles for 'Mental Competency'
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Informed consent in high-risk renal transplant recipients.
30 May 2009 
Before performing a clinical, diagnostic, and/or therapeutic action, the doctor is required to provide the patient with a bulk of information defined as informed consent. This expression was used for the first time in 1957 during a court case in ...
rec_pub_19545670-informed-consent-high-risk-renal-transplant-recipients.htm
Family and emergency decision making in noncompetent very old patients.
30 May 2009 
rec_pub_19497551-family-emergency-decision-making-noncompetent-old-patients.htm
Advance decisions and the Mental Capacity Act.
30 May 2009 This article considers the requirements set out in the Mental Capacity Act 2005 for valid advance decisions. The Act recognizes that an adult with capacity may refuse treatment, including life-sustaining treatment, in advance of losing capacity. If ...
rec_pub_19525915-advance-decisions-mental-capacity-act.htm
Assessing capacity and obtaining consent for thrombolysis for acute stroke.
30 May 2009 When offering treatment to a patient with capacity they should be informed of the risks and benefits of therapy and consent should be obtained. For patients without capacity, treatment is given in their 'best interests'. Achieving and assessing ...
rec_pub_19634386-assessing-capacity-obtaining-consent-thrombolysis-acute-stroke.htm
Research ethics issues in geriatric psychiatry.
30 May 2009 Progress in geriatric psychiatric research may be impeded by lack of attention to collecting evidence relevant to ethical issues. As has been noted for some time, unless proactive work is done to identify, clarify, and remediate ethical challenges ...
rec_pub_19486821-research-ethics-issues-geriatric-psychiatry.htm
Clinical ethics issues in geriatric psychiatry.
30 May 2009 Psychiatrists face a number of ethical challenges when caring for older adults and their families. Of paramount importance is ensuring that older adults have the capacity to make decisions about their medical care and their overall welfare. ...
rec_pub_19486818-clinical-ethics-issues-geriatric-psychiatry.htm
A basic decision-making approach to common ethical issues in consultation-liaison psychiatry.
30 May 2009 Ethical dilemmas are found throughout the daily work of C-L psychiatrists. Unfortunately, most psychiatrists have no more training in ethics than their nonpsychiatric colleagues. Psychiatric consults spurred by ethical dilemmas can provoke anxiety ...
rec_pub_19486816-a-basic-decision-making-approach-common-ethical-issues-consultation.htm
End-of-life decisions: a view from Ontario and beyond.
30 May 2009 This article is a comparative study of the law dealing with substitute decision making for incapable patients in end-of-life situations across Canadian provinces. In recent years, this issue has received growing consideration from judicial ...
rec_pub_19544923-end-life-decisions-view-ontario-beyond.htm
Deprivation of liberty safeguards and the Mental Capacity Act.
17 May 2009
rec_pub_19454740-deprivation-liberty-safeguards-mental-capacity-act.htm
Who will participate in acute stroke trials?
10 May 2009 BACKGROUND: Despite the high incidence of acute stroke, only a minority of patients are enrolled in acute stroke treatment trials. We aimed to identify factors associated with participation in clinical trials of novel therapeutic agents for acute ...
rec_pub_19433742-who-participate-acute-stroke-trials.htm
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