Topic Resources

TREATMENT DECISION MAKING

Journal Articles

Drane J. 1984. Competency to give informed consent: A model for making clinical assessments. JAMA 252(7):925-927.

Foreman MD, Fletcher K, Mion LC, & Trygstad L. (2003). Assessing cognitive function. In Mezey et al Geriatric Nursing Protocols for Best Practice. Second edition. NY: Springer.

Kapp MB & Mossman D. (1996). Measuring decisional capacity: Cautions on the construction of a capacimeter. Psychology and Public Law, 2; 73-95.

Lo B. 2000. Decision-making capacity. In Resolving Ethical Dilemmas: A Guide for Clinicians, Second Edition. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, pp. 80-87.

Mezey, M., Mitty, E., & Ramsey, G. (1997). Assessment of decision-making capacity: Nurse's role. Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 23(3), 28-35.

Mezey, M., Teresi, J., Ramsey, G., Mitty, E., & Bobrowitz, T. (2000). Decision-making capacity to execute a health care proxy: Development and testing of guidelines. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 48, 179-187.

Mezey, M. D., Mitty, E. L., Bottrell, M. M., Ramsey, G. C., & Fisher, T. (2000). Advance directives: Older adults with dementia. Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, 16, 255-268.

Volicer, L., & Ganzini, L. (2003). Health professionals' views on standards for decision-making capacity regarding refusal of medical treatment in mild Alzheimer's disease. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 51, 1270-1274.

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