Program

Research Programs: Humanities, Science, and Technology

Period of Performance

9/1/1981 - 8/31/1982

Funding Totals

$12,000.00 (approved)
$12,000.00 (awarded)


Interdisciplinary Incentive Award

FAIN: RH-*1282-80

University of Nebraska Medical Center (Omaha, NE 68198-7020)
Andrew L. Jameton (Project Director: May 1980 to October 1990)

To support interdisciplinary research on judgments made by health professional sabout patients' competence to make decisions about their care. Conceptual inquiry and field study in a geriatric ward will result in a paper on guidelines for judging competence in borderline cases.