How do cognitively impaired elderly patients define "testament": reliability and validity of the testament definition scale

Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 23-28

  Heinik, Jeremia ^a   Werner, Perla ^b   Lin Ruth, ^a  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL CAPACITY; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION DISORDERS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LEGISLATION, MEDICAL; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0032601548     PISSN: 03337308     EISSN: 26172402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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