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| How to assess capacity to make a will | | Author(s) | Robin Jacoby, Peter Steer |
| Journal title | British Medical Journal, vol 335 no 7611, 21 July 2007 |
| Pages | pp 155-157 |
| Source | http://www.bmj.com |
| Keywords | Wills ; Mental health [elderly] ; Evaluation. |
| Annotation | Increases in longevity, dementia and personal wealth are leading to more contested wills. Much litigation in the UK and elsewhere could be avoided if doctors correctly assessed the capacity of person to make a will. An old age psychiatrist and a solicitor explain how to assess capacity using legal tests. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070809203 A |
| Classmark | VTH: D: 4C * |
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