PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Schmidt, Winsor C.
AU  - Peters, Roger
TI  - Legal Incompetents' Need for Guardians in Florida
DP  - 1987 Mar 01
TA  - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
PG  - 69--83
VI  - 15
IP  - 1
4099  - http://jaapl.org/content/15/1/69.short
4100  - http://jaapl.org/content/15/1/69.full
SO  - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law1987 Mar 01; 15
AB  - This study assesses the alleged need for guardians in Florida. A survey of the state's 74 public receiving facilities, community mental health centers, and clinics; 30 private receiving facilities; 11 Aging and Adult district offices; Developmental Services institutional and residential placements; and six state mental hospitals revealed that 11,147 persons in Florida reportedly need a legal guardian. The limitations, implications, and possible policy responses to this alleged need are discussed.