TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1996//
TI  - Professional responsibility in elder law: a synthesis of preventive law and therapeutic jurisprudence
JO  - Behavioral sciences and the law
A1  - Stolle, Dennis P.
SP  - 459
EP  - 478
VL  - 14
IS  - 4
N2  - This article focuses on the professional responsibilities that a lawyer owes to older clients. Specifically, this article proposes that when working with older clients, lawyers have a special responsibility to ensure that their clients have the capacity to manage their own affairs and to ensure their clients' legal, financial, and personal interests are protected in case of sudden future incapacity. Furthermore, a lawyer working with older clients has a responsibility to remain cognizant of the realities of ageing without giving in to the falsities of senior citizen stereotypes. Through an integration of Therapeutic Jurisprudence and Preventive Law, a proactive, client-centered, four-stage framework for advancing therapeutic goals through preventive lawyering is developed. The framework is then applied to a model lawyer/client interaction typical of elder practice. The advantages and limitations of the four-stage framework are discussed.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0735-3936
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-0798(199623)14:4<459::AID-BSL257>3.0.CO;2-V
ID  - ref1
ER  -