An empowering dependency: exploring support for the exercise of legal capacity
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15017419.2014.941926 | Journal eISSN: 1745-3011
Language: English
Page range: 77 - 92
Submitted on: Dec 2, 2013
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Published on: Aug 1, 2016
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