PUBLIC GUARDIANSHIP: In the Best Interests of Incapacitated People?

Public Guardianship: in the Best Interests of Incapacitated People?

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1-264

  Teaster, Pamela B ^a   Schmidt, Winsor C ^b   Wood, Erica F ^c   Lawrence, Susan A ^d   Mendiondo, Marta S ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^c AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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