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Legal interventions for persons with dementia in the USA
 — ethical, policy and practical aspects
Author(s)M B Kapp
Journal titleAging & Mental Health, vol 5, no 4, November 2001
Pagespp 312-315
Sourcehttp://www.tandfonline.com
KeywordsDementia ; Social ethics ; Law ; Social policy ; United States of America.
AnnotationThe US legal system has developed a number of methods by which the state or private parties may intervene to protect people - including those with dementia - who lack sufficient cognitive or emotional capacity to make and express autonomous choices. These interventions may be planned and voluntary, or unplanned and involuntary. This article explores the ethical and cultural values underlying legal alternatives in the US, and their strengths and weaknesses when measured against those values. The author poses issues about which US policy makers, health service practitioners, and attorneys might seek wisdom from strategies devised by other countries to deal with the challenge of protecting, but not overprotecting, their own citizens with dementia. (RH).
Accession NumberCPA-011210203 A
ClassmarkEA: TQ: VR: TM2: 7T

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