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. 1999 Jul 3;354(9172):48.
doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(99)01911-X.

Dementia, intelligence, and the competence to complete advance directives

S Fazel, T Hope, R Jacoby

Dementia, intelligence, and the competence to complete advance directives

S Fazel et al. Lancet. .

Abstract

At referral, a fifth of patients with dementia were competent to complete advance directives. Competence was significantly related to higher premorbid IQ estimated by the National Adult Reading Test.

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