Assessing financial capacity in patients with Alzheimer disease: A conceptual model and prototype instrument

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 877-884

  Marson, Daniel C ^b   Sawrie, Stephen M ^c   Snyder, Scott ^c   McInturff, Bronwyn ^c   Stalvey, Tracy ^c   Boothe, Amy ^c   Aldridge, Traci ^c   Chatterjee, Anjan ^a   Harrell, Lindy E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b The University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0034086974     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.57.6.877     Document Type: Article

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