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The Statutory Codification of Decisional Capacity Standards

Jacob M. Appel
Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online November 2023, JAAPL.230043-23; DOI: https://doi.org/10.29158/JAAPL.230043-23
Jacob M. Appel
Dr. Appel is Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Medical Education, Director of Ethics Education in Psychiatry, and Assistant Director, Academy for Medicine & the Humanities, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY.
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JAAPL.230043-23
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https://doi.org/10.29158/JAAPL.230043-23
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  • Published online November 1, 2023.

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  1. Jacob M. Appel, MD, JD, MPH
  1. Dr. Appel is Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Medical Education, Director of Ethics Education in Psychiatry, and Assistant Director, Academy for Medicine & the Humanities, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY.
  1. Address correspondence to: Jacob M. Appel, MD, JD, MPH. E-mail: jacobmappel{at}gmail.com or jacob.appel{at}mssm.edu.

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