[PDF][PDF] Comparison of standards for assessing patients' capacities to make treatment decisions
T Grisso, PS Appelbaum - American Journal of Psychiatry, 1995 - psychrights.org
Objective: This study investigated the proportion of psychiatric and medical patients who are
impaired in their decision-making abilities in relation to each of several major legal
standards for determining competence to consent to treatment. Method: The subjects were
hospitalized patients with diagnoses of schizophrenia (N= 7S), major depression (N= 92),
and ischemic heart disease (N= 82) and equal numbers of community comparison subjects
matched on age, race, gender, education, and occupation. Three instruments measuring …
impaired in their decision-making abilities in relation to each of several major legal
standards for determining competence to consent to treatment. Method: The subjects were
hospitalized patients with diagnoses of schizophrenia (N= 7S), major depression (N= 92),
and ischemic heart disease (N= 82) and equal numbers of community comparison subjects
matched on age, race, gender, education, and occupation. Three instruments measuring …