Publications

Books

Silberfeld, M., and A. Fish. When the Mind Fails: A Guide to Dealing with Incompetency. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1994

Whaley, Kimberley, Michel Silberfeld, Heather McGee, and Helena Likwornik. Capacity to Marry and the Estate Plan. Toronto: Canada Law Book, 2010

Book Chapters

Bloom, H, Bay M, Fram S, M Silberfeld, and Shushelskl C. "Capacity and Decision Making. Capacity to Consent to Treatment and Personal Care and Substitute Decision Making: The Legislative Scheme." In A Practical Guide to Mental Health, Capacity and Consent Law of Ontario, edited by Bay M. Bloom H, 11-45. Toronto: Carswell Thomson Professional Publishing, 1996.
Checkland, D, and M Silberfeld. "Mental Capacity and Assisted Suicide." In Assisted Suicide: Canadian Perspectives, edited by C G Prado, 95-111. Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press, 2000.
Dochylo, Daniel, and Michel Silberfeld. "Capacity, Consent, and Health Care Decision-Making." In Advising the Older Client, edited by Ann Soden, 133-96. Markham: LexisNexis / Butterwoths, 2005.
Glass, K., and M. Silberfeld. “Determination of Competence.” In Clinical Diagnosis and Management of Alzheimer's Disease, 1st Edition, edited by S. Gauthier, 331-42. London, England: Martin Dunitz, 1996.
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Abstracts

Naglie G, Comrie J, Bacher Y, Beattie L, Bergman H, Black S, Borrie M, Byszewski A, Freedman M, Hogan D, Irvine J, Krahn M, MacKnight C, Patterson C, Ritvo P, Silberfeld M, Streiner D, and Tomlinson G. "Quality of Life in Alzheimer's Disease by Severity Level: Preliminary Results from the Canadian Alzheimer's Disease Quality of Life (Cadqol) Study. ." The Canadian Journal of Geriatrics 9, (2006): 66.
Naglie G, Tomlinson G, Tansey C, Irvine J, Ritvo P, Silberfeld M, and Krahn M. "Measuring Quality of Life and General Health Perceptions in Alzheimer's Disease." The Gerontologist 43, no. (Special Issue 1) (2003): 304.
Naglie, G, C Tansey, M Krahn, J Irvine, P Ritvo, and M Silberfeld. "Evaluation of Utility-Based Quality of Life Measures in Alzheimer's Disease: Preliminary Results [Abstract]." Clinical and Investigative Medicine 23, (2000): 335-6.
Etchells, E., P. Darzins, J. M. McKenny, D. Strang, G. Naglie, M. Silberfeld, G. H. Guyatt, D. W. Molloy, and P. A. Singer. "Reliability of a Decisional Aid for Assessing Capacity to Consent to Treatment." J Gen Int Med 10(Suppl), no. 41A (1995).

 

Articles

Ontario Ministry of Health, Policy Branch, "Mental Competency Assessments"Abramovitch, R., M. Finstad, and M. Silberfeld. “Preliminary Report on Informed Consent for Mental Capacity Assessments.” Canadian Journal of Aging 12, no. 3 (1993):373-81.
Carlin, K., M. Silberfeld, R. Deber, and F. Lowy. "Competency Assessments: Perceptions at Follow-Up." Canadian Journal of Psychiatry 41, no. 3 (1996 April): 167-74.
Checkland, D., and M. Silberfeld. "Competence and the Three "A's": Autonomy, Authenticity and Aging." Canadian Journal of Aging 12, no. 4 (1993): 453-68.
Checkland, D., and M. Silberfeld. "Mental Competence and the Question of Beneficent Intervention." Theoretical Medicine - Special Articles 17, no. 2 (1996): 121-34.
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Non-Published Research Reports

1984 An evaluation of the videotape movie presentation “You and Bone Marrow Transplantation”, Princess Margaret Hospital
1980 Survey of Perceived Patient Psychosocial Needs by Staff, Princess Margaret Hospital
1978 The Reliability of the Economy of Time”. Addiction Research Foundation Substudy No. 871; 1977.
1978 A Data Base for the Clinical Institute. Addiction Research Foundation, Toronto, ON
1973 Statistical Analysis of Blood Alcohol Sampling. Addiction Research Foundation, Toronto, ON
1972 Statistical Analysis of Survival in Postmenopausal Patients with Breast Cancer Subjected to Radiation. Special Studies Unit, The Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, ON