title: Legal issues in determining competence to make treatment decisions.
abstract: With the complexities of current medical care and the growing concern for patient autonomy in making decisions about whether or not to accept medical and surgical treatment, psychiatrists are increasingly called on to evaluate patients' competence to make treatment decisions.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Benesch
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making; D006739:Hospital Administration; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D010358:Patient Participation; D011050:Policy Making; D014481:United States