Dependent on the kindness of strangers: Professional guardians for older adults who lack decisional capacity

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 301-310

  Reynolds, S L ^a   Carson, L D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNITY; DECISION MAKING; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; ELDERLY CARE; ETHICS; FAMILY; FEMALE; FINANCE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032739061     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607869956073     Document Type: Article

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