Testamentary capacity and aphasia: A descriptive case report with implications for clinical practice

Aphasiology

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 965-980

  Ferguson, Alison ^a   Worrall, Linda ^b   McPhee, John ^a   Buskell, Rhonda ^c   Armstrong, Elizabeth ^d   Togher, Leanne ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c NEPEAN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APHASIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CASE STUDY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COURT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHAGIA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXPERT WITNESS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; JURISPRUDENCE; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PATHOLOGIST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESEARCH; STROKE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0345374632     PISSN: 02687038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02687030344000337     Document Type: Article

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