Policy statement on voting by persons with dementia residing in long-term care facilities

Alzheimer's and Dementia

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 243-245

  Karlawish, Jason ^a   Appelbaum, Paul S ^b   Bonnie, Richard ^c   Karlan, Pamela ^d   McConnell, Stephen ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d STANFORD LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

^e ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; ELECTION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; LONG TERM CARE; MENTAL CAPACITY; PATIENT RIGHT; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33744920077     PISSN: 15525260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2006.03.004     Document Type: Article

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