Capacity assessments for requests to restore legal competence

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 191-197

  Silberfeld, Michel ^a,b   Corber, Wendy ^b   Madigan, Kevin V ^b   Checkland, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b BAYCREST CENTRE FOR GERIATRIC CARE   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

financial competence; legal standards; Mental capacity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0028942709     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.930100305     Document Type: Article

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7. Conflicts of interest in medical decision making
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10. Legal standards and the threshold of competence