title: Mental competence, caregivers, and the process of consent: research involving Alzheimer's patients or others with decreasing mental capacity.
authors.affiliation: Park Ridge Center for the Study of Health, Faith, and Ethics, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: David E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Guinn
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000523:psychology*; D017028:Caregivers; D003657:Decision Making; D028744:Ethics Committees, Research; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000592:standards*; D006805:Human Experimentation; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D016743:Mental Competency / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D028681:Moral Obligations; D018579:Patient Selection; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D020458:Third-Party Consent / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014481:United States