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Submitted by Jean-Pierre Leung on Mon, 02/10/2014 - 14:37
What ethical and legal obligations interplay when a patient admits to mild memory lapses but claims good function, persistently refuses cognitive tests and imaging, yet spouse and children claim the patient is decompensating? Jean-Pierre (JP) Leung
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