Can neuropsychological assessment predict capacity to manage personal finances? A comparison between brain impaired individuals with and without administrators

Psychiatry, Psychology and Law

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 56-67

  Hoskin, Kathryn M ^a   Jackson, Martin ^a   Crowe, Simon F ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN INJURY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL TEST; MONEY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 22444450940     PISSN: 13218719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/pplt.2005.12.1.56     Document Type: Article

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