Health care decision-making of persons with dementia

Dementia

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 105-120

  Horton Deutsch, Sara ^a   Twigg, Prudence ^a   Evans, Rebecca ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Consent; Decision making; Dementia; Family caregivers; Older adults

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447251603     PISSN: 14713012     EISSN: 17412684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1471301207075643     Document Type: Article

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