Assessment of financial competence

Psychiatry, Psychology and Law

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 40-55

  Kershaw, Mavis M ^a   Webber, Lynne S ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Administrator; Assessment; Capacity; Cognitive impairment; Competency; Decision making; Financial; Financial competence

Indexed keywords

EID: 47949102853     PISSN: 13218719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13218710701873965     Document Type: Article

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