Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 45, Issue 4 , Pages 239-245 , July 2004

Assessing competence to complete psychiatric advance directives with the competence assessment tool for psychiatric advance directives

  • Debra Srebnik

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Debra Srebnik, Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98105 USA
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  • Paul S Appelbaum

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
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  • Joan Russo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

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☆ Supported by a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health R01-MH58642.

PII: S0010-440X(04)00040-9

doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2004.03.004

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 45, Issue 4 , Pages 239-245 , July 2004

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