Competency to decide about treatment or research: An overview of some empirical data

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    This work was supoorted in part by PHS Research Grant No. MH27553, NIHM Center for Studies of Crime and Delinquency and Mental Health Services Development Branch and Grant No. 79-643 from the Foundations' fund for Research in Psychiatry.

    We wish to thank Florita Cohen, Betty Brenneman, Patricia H. Cavanaugh, M.A., and Elaine P. McGivern, Ph.D., who assisted in the execution of this study. Sheryl F. Kelsey, Ph.D. and Kathleen A. Chiodo, Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, provided helpful statistical consultation and assistance.

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