Legal issues arising in the process of determining decisional capacity in older persons

Care Management Journals

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 101-107

  Kapp, Marshall B ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL ASPECT; LEGAL LIABILITY; MENTAL CAPACITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGING; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MENTAL COMPETENCY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953002525     PISSN: 15210987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/1521-0987.11.2.101     Document Type: Article

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