Urgent assessment of decision-making capacity in a patient with schizophrenia and an evolving myocardial infarction who is refusing care

Psychosomatics. 2015 Jan-Feb;56(1):89-93. doi: 10.1016/j.psym.2013.12.006. Epub 2013 Dec 12.

Authors

Sean Ackerman¹, Matthew W Watkins², Amber F Kostial², Terry Rabinowitz²

Affiliations

¹ Fletcher Allen Health Care, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT. Electronic address: sean.ackerman@vtmednet.org.
² Fletcher Allen Health Care, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT.

PMID: 24656687
DOI: 10.1016/j.psym.2013.12.006

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Decision Making*
Female
Humans
Middle Aged
Myocardial Infarction / complications*
Myocardial Infarction / psychology*
Schizophrenia / complications*
Schizophrenic Psychology
Treatment Refusal / psychology*