Assessing Competence to Consent to Treatment: A Guide for Physicians and Other Health Professionals

Grisso, Thomas; Appelbaum, Paul S.

ISBN 10: 0195103726 / ISBN 13: 9780195103724

Published by Oxford University Press, 1998

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Assessing Competence to Consent to Treatment: A Guide for Physicians and Other Health Professionals
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195103726
• ISBN 13: 9780195103724
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

This is a concise guidebook to the assessment of patients' capacities to consent to treatment. It will help clinicians focus on the abilities that are relevant to legal definitions of competence to consent to medical and psychological treatment. With excellent case vignettes, the authors show how the interview process is carried out and offer strategies for responding to patients with limited capacities.

About the Author

Thomas Grisso, Ph.D. is Professor of Psychiatry and Director of Forensic Training and Research at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center.
Paul S. Appelbaum, M.D., is the A.F. Zeleznik Professor of Psychiatry, and Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center. His books include: Trauma and Memory: Clinical and Legal Controversies (OUP, 1997) and Almost a Revolution: Mental Health Law and the Limits of Change (OUP, 1994).