A question of competence

Age and Ageing

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 179-182

  Lowe, Michael ^a   Kerridge, Ian H ^b   McPhee, John ^b   Fairfull Smith, Hugh ^c  

^a FIJI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Fiji)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Capacity; Competence; Decision making; Diogenes' syndrome; Elder abuse; Self neglect

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPREHENSION; DECISION MAKING; DISORIENTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MEMORY; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TEST; NEGLECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MENTAL COMPETENCY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE;

DIOGENES; SAMBUCUS NIGRA CANADENSIS;

EID: 0034113799     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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