Voting rights for older Americans with dementia: Implications for health care providers

Nursing Outlook

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 68-73

  Wislowski, Ann ^a   Cuellar, Norma ^a  

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Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CIVIL RIGHTS; DEMENTIA; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; POLICY; POLITICS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CIVIL RIGHTS; DEMENTIA; HUMANS; PATIENT ADVOCACY; POLITICS; PUBLIC POLICY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646270429     PISSN: 00296554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.outlook.2005.09.007     Document Type: Article

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