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Decision-making capacity in older medical in-patients: frequency of assessment and rates of incapacity by decision-type and underlying brain/mind impairment

BACKGROUND: Hospital clinicians find mental capacity assessment challenging and may lack the necessary skills. Given high rates of cognitive impairment, data on mental capacity assessment in real-world hospital cohorts are required to inform the need for staff training and workforce planning. OBJECT...

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Autores principales: Gan, Jasmine M, Riley, Josie, Basting, Romina, Demeyere, Nele, Pendlebury, Sarah T
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10508978/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37725974
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afad171