A Clinical Study of Competency to Consent to Hospitalization and Treatment in Geriatric Inpatients*
Billick SB, Perez DR, Garakani A. A Clinical Study of Competency to Consent to Hospitalization and Treatment in Geriatric Inpatients*. Journal Of Forensic Sciences 2009, 54: 943-946. PMID: 19486444, DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2009.01047.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMini-Mental State ExamBlessed Dementia ScaleGeriatric medicine unitMedical-surgical patientsMental State ExamSurgical patientsGeriatric patientsGeriatric inpatientsMedicine unitDementia ScaleClinical studiesClinical examUseful adjunctPatientsAge groupsFindings of competenceState ExamHospitalizationScoresWAIS-R subtestsTreatmentCompetency questionnaireExamInpatientsGreat variability