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PDFLaw, ethics and medicine
The use of legal guardians and financial powers of attorney among home-dwellers with Alzheimer’s disease living with their spousal caregivers
- Dr M Raivio, Memory Research and Treatment Centers Finland, Medical Center Hemo, Aleksanterinkatu 13 B, 15110 Lahti, Finland; minna.raivio{at}phnet.fi
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The use of legal guardians and financial powers of attorney among home-dwellers with Alzheimer’s disease living with their spousal caregivers
Publication history
- Received March 4, 2008
- Revised June 25, 2008
- Accepted July 2, 2008
- First published November 28, 2008.
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November 28, 2008
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2008 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and the Institute of Medical Ethics
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