Financial management of the elderly: Legal issues and the role of neuropsychological assessment

Psychiatry, Psychology and Law

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 25-38

  Todd, Jennifer A ^a   Lipton, Jacqueline D ^b  

^a Grace McKellar Centre for Rehabilitation and Extended Care   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; AUSTRALIA; COMPETENCE; DEMENTIA; FINANCE; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT; REVIEW;

EID: 0029891954     PISSN: 13218719     EISSN: 19341687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13218719609524872     Document Type: Article

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