Capacity to make financial decisions among people with mild intellectual disabilities

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 199-209

  Suto, W M I ^a   Clare, I C H ^a   Holland, A J ^a   Watson, P C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capacity; Choice; Decision making; Financial affairs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVIEW; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL FUNCTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MENTAL RETARDATION; MENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 14844296785     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2005.00635.x     Document Type: Article

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