Citation

Cooney C, Hamid WA. Med. Sci. Law 1997; 37(1): 41-45.

Affiliation

Section of Old Age Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, London.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1997, British Academy of Forensic Sciences, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9029920

Abstract

This paper describes current health legislation used to deal with actual and potential abuse of elderly people with dementia living in the community. Recent recommendations made regarding updating existing legal processes and creating new provisions are also outlined.

Language: en