Competency and the frontal lobe. The impact of executive dysfunction on decisional capacity.
Schindler
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BA
Department of Psychiatry, Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19129, USA.
Ramchandani
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D
Matthews
M K
MK
Podell
K
K
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