title: Competency and the frontal lobe. The impact of executive dysfunction on decisional capacity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19129, USA.
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Schindler
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ramchandani
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Matthews
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Podell
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000145:classification / Q000523:psychology; D000368:Aged; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D003657:Decision Making / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D016743:Mental Competency / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D008609:Mental Status Schedule; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence