title: Neuro-oncology: Under-recognized mental incapacity in brain tumour patients.
abstract: Many patients with brain tumours possess inadequate mental capacity to provide informed consent, but this situation often goes undetected because clinicians do not routinely conduct formal cognitive assessments. This oversight should be recognized and rectified to enable optimum ethical and medical care of these vulnerable individuals.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Division of Neurosurgery, Toronto Western Hospital, 4 West, 399 Bathurst Street, Toronto, ON M5T 2S8, Canada.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bernstein
mesh_terms: D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D016743:Mental Competency / Q000523:psychology*; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000523:psychology*
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