Cognitive capacities of older adults who are asked to consent to medical treatment or to clinical research |
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Authors: | Gatz Margaret |
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Affiliation: | Department of Psychology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-1061, USA. gatz@usc.edu |
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Abstract: | 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. |
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