Measuring impairment in a legal context: Practical considerations in the evaluation of psychiatric and learning disabilities

Assessing Impairment: From Theory to Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 93-103

  Lovett, Benjamin J ^a   Gordon, Michael ^b   Lewandowski, Lawrence J ^c  

^a ELMIRA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84859901439     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-387-87542-2_8     Document Type: Chapter

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