Elder law is comprised of a range of distinct but often interconnected areas of law. Each part of the book explores different facets of elder law including:
As the first book published in New Zealand to address these issues in a single reference work, Elder Law provides readers with a comprehensive view of a complex legal landscape. Accessible and essential reading for legal and medical practitioners and scholars, elder law advocates and advisors, and professionals and organisations who work with and represent the interests of older people.
Extracts from a Law Society review by Dr Jennifer Moore, Senior Lecturer, Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago
"It will make a crucial contribution to the continuing education of students, and also legal and health practitioners."
"The book's treatment of the legal issues is excellent."
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Elder Law in New Zealand, Law Society Review
Extract from a New Zealand Medical Journal review by Susan M McNaughton, Lecturer, School of Interprofessional Health Studies, Auckland University of Technology
"This book is both very approachable and extremely comprehensive... notable for an absence of legal jargon and the use of pertinent case studies that make it both interesting and engaging, and accessible for students."
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Elder Law in New Zealand, NZ Medical Journal Review
Extract from the Journal of Law and Medicine (Aus) General Editor Ian Freckleton QC, Professorial Fellow in Law and Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Australia; Adjunct Professor of Law and Forensic Medicine, Monash University. Australia.
"The authors and editors have provided a valuable service in exploring the array of challenges to addressing the rights and needs of older people from diverse, contemporary and interdisciplinary perspectives. It is likely to be regarded as... having made a constructive contribution to bringing together diverse profesionals whose wish is to enhance the quality of life of the older members of our community."
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Elder Law in New Zealand, Journal of Law and Medicine Review
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