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Cognitive capacities of older adults who are asked to consent to medical treatment or to clinical research
Author(s) -
Gatz Margaret
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
behavioral sciences and the law
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.649
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1099-0798
pISSN - 0735-3936
DOI - 10.1002/bsl.694
Subject(s) - cognition , informed consent , medicine , medline , gerontology , psychology , psychiatry , alternative medicine , pathology , political science , law
Knowledge about cognitive changes characteristically found in older adults provides necessary context for administering consent procedures. It should neither be assumed that most adults over a certain age are too demented to consent nor that decision‐making is approached the same way by younger and older adults. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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