Clinical and ethical aspects of financial capacity in dementia: A commentary

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 382-390

  Marson, Daniel C ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Dementia; Ethics; Financial capacity

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL MEDICINE; DEMENTIA; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; NEGLECT; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATIENT REFERRAL; REVIEW;

DEMENTIA; ETHICISTS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MENTAL COMPETENCY;

EID: 84880083397     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2013.01.033     Document Type: Article

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