May 10, 2024Open Access

Diverging medical and legal perceptions of the need for legal guardianship in people with dementia: A qualitative study

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Dementia is assumed to alter mental capacity, which may necessitate legal guardianship. However, only limited research exists on how dementia affects mental capacity, and most studies have focused solely on a medical perspective and concentrate on memory functions. The aim of this qualitative study was to investigate physicians' and legal experts' perceptions on a broad range of cognitive and neuropsychiatric domains potentially affecting mental capacity and the need for guardianship in people with dementia.

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Kaisa Näkki

University of Eastern Finland

Anna Mäki‐Petäjä‐Leinonen

University of Helsinki

Kaijus Ervasti

University of Eastern Finland

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European Journal of Neurology

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Imperial College London

Karolinska Institutet

University of Helsinki

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synapsesocial.com/papers/68e6ab25b6db64358762d7d7 — DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ene.16334

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Diverging medical and legal perceptions of the need for legal guardianship in people with dementia: A qualitative study

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