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Mental Competency (Latest Articles)
Latest indexed articles for 'Mental Competency'
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Substitute consent for nursing home residents prescribed psychotropic medication.
27 Feb 2009 
BACKGROUND: Prescribing psychotropic medications for persons with dementia who lack capacity to give informed consent requires proxy consent under NSW Guardianship legislation. OBJECTIVE: To survey current practice in complying with legislation and ...
rec_pub_18666309-substitute-consent-nursing-home-residents-prescribed-psychotropic.htm
27 Feb 2009 BACKGROUND: The DVLA allows driving in early dementia contingent on regular medical assessment. GPs and psychiatrists require validated and accessible assessments. Some studies have suggested that cognitive testing has utility in the assessment of ...
rec_pub_18661583-a-community-based-survey-cognitive-functioning-highway-code.htm
27 Feb 2009 OBJECTIVE: To assess the effects of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) on simulated car driving ability. METHODS: Twenty patients with a probable AD of mild severity (Clinical Dementia Rating, CDR = 1) were compared with 20 ...
rec_pub_18615781-effects-alzheimer-s-disease-mild-cognitive-impairment-driving-ability.htm
27 Feb 2009 Health care in minors and incompetent patients implies problems with regard to the extent of the impact that those circumstances must have on their right to be informed and on their capacity for giving informed consent and, consequently, on a ...
rec_pub_19705648-medical-care-minors-incompetent-patients-patient-s-third-party.htm
27 Feb 2009 In Sweden, a majority of elderly persons living in residential facilities have some form of dementia, and caring for them is a demanding and complex task. The formal education level of personnel in residential facilities is low. The aim of this ...
rec_pub_19281545-the-competence-certified-nurse-assistants-caring-persons-dementia.htm
Overriding competent medical treatment refusal by adolescents: when "no" means "no".
27 Feb 2009 
rec_pub_19254907-overriding-competent-medical-treatment-refusal-adolescents-means-no.htm
[First-form children's health status and mental development]
27 Feb 2009 The task of the study was to comparatively analyze neuropsychic features in first-form children at the end of the first school year depending on the results of a medical examination and the opinions as to the appropriateness of each child's entering ...
rec_pub_19514288-first-form-children-s-health-status-mental-development.htm
Transfers to adult court and other related criminal incompetency matters involving juveniles.
27 Feb 2009
rec_pub_19522182-transfers-adult-court-related-criminal-incompetency-matters-involving.htm
The ethics of conducting research with mental health service users.
27 Feb 2009 There is a growing emphasis on conducting research that represents the voices of mental health service users in relation to their experiences of and desires for health care. However, this type of research may sometimes be complicated, as mental ...
rec_pub_19273987-the-ethics-conducting-research-mental-health-service-users.htm
Choosing for another: beyond autonomy and best interests.
27 Feb 2009 According to bioethics orthodoxy, when we ask, "What would the patient choose?" the patient's autonomy is at stake. In fact, what underpins the moral force of that question is a value different from either autonomy or best interests. This is the ...
rec_pub_19388384-choosing-autonomy-best-interests.htm
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