Reflections on changes in defining testamentary capacity

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 709-712

  Peisah, Carmelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APATHY; AUSTRALIA; COGNITION; DELUSION; DEMENTIA; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; JURISPRUDENCE; LETTER; LIFE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PARANOIA; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOSIS; SENESCENCE; WORKING MEMORY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; AUSTRALIA; AUTOBIOGRAPHY; COGNITION DISORDERS; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LIVING WILLS; MEMORY DISORDERS; NARRATION; PSYCHIATRY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 28744454756     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610205002875     Document Type: Letter

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