title: Response to special section: ethical decision making and persons with mental retardation (CQ vol. 3, no. 2).
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Beltran
mesh_terms: D016223:Advance Directives / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D003657:Decision Making; D017041:Ethics Committees / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D028741:Ethics Committees, Clinical; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000523:psychology*; D016743:Mental Competency / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D010344:Patient Advocacy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D010358:Patient Participation / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D028761:Withholding Treatment