Worth Reading and Watching
Author: Robert A. Mead, J.D., M.L.S..
Source: Volume 18, Number 06, March/April 2016 , pp.87-89(3)
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Abstract:
This research review summarizes the major findings and conclusions of “Elder Abuse” by Mark S. Lachs & Karl A. Pillemer 373, published in New England J. Medicine 1947 (Nov. 12, 2015), “Expanding Slayer Statutes to Elder Abuse” by Jennifer Piel 43, published in J. Am. Acad. Psychiatry & L. 369 (2015), and includes a side note review of “Age-Associated Financial Vulnerability: An Emerging Public Health Issue” by Mark S. Lachs & S. Duke Han, published in Annals of Internal Medicine 877-78 (2015).Keywords: In re Estate of Haviland; outline for physicians of the current knowledge regarding elder abuse; slayer statutes; poor or impaired financial decision-making in the elderly
Affiliations:
1: New Mexico Deputy Chief Public Defender.