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pubmed:abstractText |
The need to evaluate decisional capacity among patients in treatment settings as well as subjects in clinical research settings has increasingly gained attention. Decisional capacity is generally conceptualized to include not only an understanding of disclosed information but also an appreciation of its significance, the ability to use the information in reasoning, and the ability to express a clear choice. The authors critically reviewed existing measures of decisional capacity for research and treatment.
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pubmed:affiliation |
Department of Psychiatry, 0603-V, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0603, USA. ldunn@ucsd.edu
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Journal Article,
Comparative Study,
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.,
Review,
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't,
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
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