Treatment of patients who lack capacity

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Involuntary hospitalization of medical patients who lack decisional capacity: an unresolved issue.

Received August 23, 2005; revised January 18, 2006; accepted January 27, 2006. From the Dept. of Psychiatry, Univ. of Massachusetts Medical School. Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Byatt, Dept. of Psychiatry, Univ. of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Ave North, Worcester, MA 01655. e-mail: [email protected] Copyright 2006 The Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine Psychosomatic...

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عنوان ژورنال: Psychiatric Bulletin

سال: 1998

ISSN: 0955-6036,1472-1473

DOI: 10.1192/pb.22.7.402