Capacity to vote in persons with dementia and the elderly

International Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Irastorza, Luis Javier ^a   Corujo, Pablo ^b   Bañuelos, Pilar ^b  

^a MHC Arganda   (Spain)

^b CAM   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAPACITY TO VOTE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPETENCE; COMPETENCE ASSESSMENT TOOL FOR VOTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 80052685804     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20900252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4061/2011/941041     Document Type: Article

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