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Peer reviewedRatzan, Richard M. – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 1986
Obtaining a valid informed consent from an elderly person, especially with possible senile dementia of the Alzheimer's type, first may involve solving the practical problems of effective communication. Impediments to effective communication with these individuals is discussed and suggestions for how to obviate them are given. (Author/BL)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Counseling, Disabilities, Geriatrics
