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Balancing Sexual Expression and Risk of Harm in Elderly Persons with Dementia

Jessica Abellard, Carla Rodgers and Alicia L. Bales
Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online December 2017, 45 (4) 485-492;
Jessica Abellard
Dr. Abellard is a Fellow, Geriatric Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT. Dr. Rodgers is Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Camden, NJ. Dr. Bales is Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.
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Dr. Abellard is a Fellow, Geriatric Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT. Dr. Rodgers is Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Camden, NJ. Dr. Bales is Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.
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Dr. Abellard is a Fellow, Geriatric Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT. Dr. Rodgers is Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Camden, NJ. Dr. Bales is Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.
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vol. 45 no. 4 485-492
PubMed 
29282241

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Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
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1093-6793
History 
  • Published online December 27, 2017.

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  1. Jessica Abellard, MD,
  2. Carla Rodgers, MD and
  3. Alicia L. Bales, MD
  1. Dr. Abellard is a Fellow, Geriatric Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT. Dr. Rodgers is Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Camden, NJ. Dr. Bales is Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.
  1. Address correspondence to: Carla Rodgers, MD, 2 Bala Plaza, Suite 300, Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004. E-mail: carlarodgers{at}comcast.net.

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