A Medical-Legal Approach to Estate Planning, Decision Making, and Estate Dispute Resolution for the Older Client: Keynote Remarks

• Author: Eileen E. Gillese
• Pages: 1-9

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A Medical-Legal Approach to Estate

PlanningDecisionMakingandEstate

DisputeResolutionfortheOlderClient

KEYNOTEREMARKS

The Honourable Justice Eileen E. Gillese*

A INTRODUCTION

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