Patients had to be over 18 years of age and competent to give fully informed written consent.
Women were eligible if they (a) had given birth vaginally to a single live infant, (b) were being discharged from hospital at the same time as their infant, (c) were assuming care of their infant at the time of discharge, and (d) were competent to give consent to participate.
There is also the issue of whether assessors are competent to give good written narrative feedback after a complex performance assessment like the MMI [ 47].
' Living wills' or 'advance directives' are legal instruments for giving voice to people's wishes while they are capable of giving competent, enduring and voluntary consent, including to their wanting help to die.
Having in turn tried out each of the choices, I feel competent to give advice.
This raises the controversial issue of whether patients with AD are competent to give consent for research participation.
The exclusion criteria were: women who were unable to be questioned without the presence of a family member or who were not competent to give informed consent.
This raises the controversial issue of whether patients with Alzheimer's disease are competent to give their consent for research participation.
Fifty-seven per cent feel competent to give first aid, but knowledge tests showed that only 11% of them have at least a basic necessary knowledge of the issue.
And indeed, Allah is competent to give them victory".
Hay continued to write, anonymously, for newspapers, sending in columns calculated to make Lincoln appear a sorrowful man, religious and competent, giving of his life and health to preserve the Union.
