Use of legal terms in will contests: Implications for psychiatrists

Bulletin of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 255-265

  Sprehe, Daniel J ^a,c   Kerr, Ann Loughridge ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b University of South Florida ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; JURISPRUDENCE; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHIATRIST; REVIEW;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; EXPERT TESTIMONY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MENTAL DISORDERS; TERMINALLY ILL; WILLS;

EID: 0030004794     PISSN: 0091634X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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