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Decisional Capacity in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Eindra Khin Khin, Darlinda Minor, Amanda Holloway and Ayla Pelleg
Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online June 2015, 43 (2) 210-217;
Eindra Khin Khin
Dr. Khin Khin is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Director of Forensic Psychiatry Services and Associate Director of Residency Training Program, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. Drs. Minor and Holloway are psychiatry residents at George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC. Dr. Pelleg is a primary care internal medicine resident at John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, IL.
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Dr. Khin Khin is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Director of Forensic Psychiatry Services and Associate Director of Residency Training Program, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. Drs. Minor and Holloway are psychiatry residents at George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC. Dr. Pelleg is a primary care internal medicine resident at John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, IL.
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Dr. Khin Khin is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Director of Forensic Psychiatry Services and Associate Director of Residency Training Program, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. Drs. Minor and Holloway are psychiatry residents at George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC. Dr. Pelleg is a primary care internal medicine resident at John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, IL.
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Dr. Khin Khin is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Director of Forensic Psychiatry Services and Associate Director of Residency Training Program, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. Drs. Minor and Holloway are psychiatry residents at George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC. Dr. Pelleg is a primary care internal medicine resident at John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, IL.
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vol. 43 no. 2 210-217
PubMed 
26071511

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Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
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1093-6793
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  • Published online June 12, 2015.

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  1. Eindra Khin Khin, MD,
  2. Darlinda Minor, MD,
  3. Amanda Holloway, MD and
  4. Ayla Pelleg, MD
  1. Dr. Khin Khin is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Director of Forensic Psychiatry Services and Associate Director of Residency Training Program, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. Drs. Minor and Holloway are psychiatry residents at George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC. Dr. Pelleg is a primary care internal medicine resident at John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, IL.
  1. Address correspondence to: Eindra Khin Khin, MD, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, 2120 L Street, NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20037. E-mail: khinkhin{at}gwmail.gwu.edu.

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