Finances in the older patient with cognitive impairment: "He didn't want me to take over"

JAMA

Volumn 305, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 698-706

  Widera, Eric ^a,b   Steenpass, Veronika ^b   Marson, Daniel ^c   Sudore, Rebecca ^a,b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FINANCE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 79951698987     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2011.164     Document Type: Review

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