Losing it? Losing What? The Law and Dementia
Child and Family Law Quarterly, Vol. 3, 2009
Posted: 13 Feb 2010
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Losing it? Losing What? The Law and Dementia
Child and Family Law Quarterly, Vol. 21, No. 1, pp. 3-29, 2009
Number of pages: 27
Posted: 17 Oct 2011
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Date Written: 2009
Abstract
This article considers the law’s responses to dementia. In particular it argues in favour of a more flexible approach to assessments of capacity. It considers the appropriate legal approach to advance directives. It also examines what weight should be attached to the views of a patient who lacks capacity in determining their best interests.
Keywords: elder law, dementia, capacity
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Herring, Jonathan J. W., Losing it? Losing What? The Law and Dementia (2009). Child and Family Law Quarterly, Vol. 3, 2009
, Oxford Legal Studies Research Paper No. 09/2010, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1551850
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