Using arbitrary methods or attributes as fields on Django ModelAdmin objects?

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Using Django 1.1:

The Django admin docs describe using arbitrary methods or attributes on a ModelAdmin object in the list_display class attribute. This is a great mechanism for displaying arbitrary information in the list display for a Model. However, there does not appear to be a similar mechanism for the change form page itself. What is the simplest way to accomplish this useful little feature to display arbitrary, non-field-derived information on the ModelAdmin change form page?

A concrete example of the desired setup:

class CustomUserAdmin(UserAdmin):
    def registration_key(self, obj):
        """Special method for looking up and returning the user's registration key
        """
        return 'the_key'

    list_display = ('email', 'first_name', 'last_name', 'is_active', 'is_staff', 
                    'registration_key')  # <- this works

    fields = ('email', 'first_name', 'last_name', 'is_active', 'is_staff',
              'registration_key')  # <- this DOESN'T work?
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