Assessment of the capacity to consent to treatment in patients admitted to acute medical wards

Assessment of the capacity to consent to treatment in patients admitted to acute medical wards

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Assessment of capacity to consent to treatment is an important legal and ethical issue in daily medical practice. In this study we carefully evaluated the capacity to consent to treatment in patients admitted to an acute medical ward...

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Main Authors:	Stiefel Friedrich, Bianchi Yanik, Fassassi Sylfa, Waeber Gérard
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2009-09-01
Series:	BMC Medical Ethics
Online Access:	http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6939/10/15

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