Competence and the elderly patient with cognitive impairments

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 768-773

  Ryan, Shane P ^a  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPETENCE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN;

EID: 0030500481     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00048679609065043     Document Type: Article

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