Title: Evaluation of capacity to consent to treatment and research
Description: "This book addresses the assessment of an individual's competency to consent to medical treatment and using the template will look at the history and importance of this process, the legal standards and the procedure for applying this assessment in court. Established empirical foundations from the behavioral, social, and medical sciences are then presented. Finally, the book provides a detailed 'how-to' for practitioners, including information on data collection, interpretation, report writing and expert testimony"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Informed consent (Medical law), Methods, Forensic Psychiatry, Informed Consent, Forensic psychiatry, Mental Competency, Personality Assessment, Mental status examination, Psychology, Informed consent (medical law), Neurologic examination, Personality assessment, Public health, great britain, Public health, united states