"Mental Competency" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The ability to understand the nature and effect of the act in which the individual is engaged. (From Black's Law Dictionary, 6th ed).
| Descriptor ID |
D016743
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.590 F02.410 I01.880.604.583.530 N03.706.535.625
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| Concept/Terms |
Mental Competency- Mental Competency
- Mental Competence
- Competence, Mental
- Competency, Mental
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Mental Competency" by people in this website by year, and whether "Mental Competency" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Mental Competency" by people in Profiles.
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Beal ML, Oxman DA, Becker MA. Non-urgent Surgical Intervention Over Objection?in a Patient Who Lacks Capacity: A?Case Report. Psychosomatics. 2020 May - Jun; 61(3):277-280.
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DeMartino ES, Sperry BP, Doyle CK, Chor J, Kramer DB, Dudzinski DM, Mueller PS. US State Regulation of Decisions for Pregnant Women Without Decisional Capacity. JAMA. 2019 04 23; 321(16):1629-1631.
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Stefanacci RG, Riddle A. Competency - Protecting rights, for good and bad. Geriatr Nurs. 2017 Sep - Oct; 38(5):456-459.
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DeMartino ES, Dudzinski DM, Doyle CK, Sperry BP, Gregory SE, Siegler M, Sulmasy DP, Mueller PS, Kramer DB. Who Decides When a Patient Can't? Statutes on Alternate Decision Makers. N Engl J Med. 2017 Apr 13; 376(15):1478-1482.
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Greco PM. "No way, Jos?". Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop. 2015 Apr; 147(4):425.
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Overby KJ, Weinstein MS, Fiester A. Addressing Consent Issues in Donation After Circulatory Determination of Death. Am J Bioeth. 2015; 15(8):3-9.
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Overby KJ, Weinstein MS, Fiester A. Response to Open Peer Commentaries on "Addressing Consent Issues in Donation After Circulatory Determination of Death". Am J Bioeth. 2015; 15(9):W3-5.
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McLafferty LP, Gopalan P, Azzam PN. Capacity evaluations in late-stage pregnancy. Psychosomatics. 2015 May-Jun; 56(3):298-301.
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Rahman T, Grellner KA, Harry B, Beck N, Lauriello J. Infanticide in a case of folie ? deux. Am J Psychiatry. 2013 Oct; 170(10):1110-2.
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Rincon F, Lee K. Ethical considerations in consenting critically ill patients for bedside clinical care and research. J Intensive Care Med. 2015 Mar; 30(3):141-50.