For whom the bell tolls: Silver alerts raise concerns regarding individual rights and governmental interests

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 421-429

  Wasser, Tobias D ^a   Fox, Patrick K ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Colorado Department of Human Services ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INFORMATION SERVICE; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; POLICY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; WANDERING BEHAVIOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; MALE; MASS MEDIA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; UNITED STATES; WANDERING BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84884382644     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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