Comparisons of guardianship laws and surrogate decision-making practices in China, Japan, Thailand and Australia: A review by the Asia Consortium, International Psychogeriatric Association (IPA) capacity taskforce

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1029-1037

  Tsoh, Joshua ^a,b,c   Peisah, Carmelle ^c,d,e   Narumoto, Jin ^f,g   Wongpakaran, Nahathai ^h   Wongpakaran, Tinakon ^h   O'Neill, Nick ^c,d,e   Jiang, Tao ^g,i   Ogano, Shoichi ^g,j   Mimura, Masaru ^g,k   Kato, Yuka ^f,g   Chiu, Helen ^a,b  

^a Prince of Wales Hospital   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c Capacity Australia   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^g JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^h Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

ⁱ SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AND LAW   (China)

^j Faculty of Law Politics and Economics Department of Policy Studies   (Japan)

^k KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

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Author keywords

aged; Asia; Australia; China; dementia; Hong Kong; Japan; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FINANCE; GUARDIANSHIP LAW; HUMAN; JAPAN; LAW; LEGAL GUARDIAN; LIFE; LIVING WILL; POWER OF ATTORNEY; PROXY; SOCIAL NEEDS; SURROGATE DECISION MAKING; THAILAND; AGED; ELDERLY CARE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MENTAL CAPACITY; PATIENT RIGHT; TERMINAL CARE;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CHINA; DECISION MAKING; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; JAPAN; LEGAL GUARDIANS; MENTAL COMPETENCY; PATIENT RIGHTS; TERMINAL CARE; THAILAND;

EID: 84929519598     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S104161021400266X     Document Type: Article

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