RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Protecting Assets During Catastrophic Illness Through Financial Planning: The Physician's Role
JF The Journal of the American Board of Family
                Practice
JO J Am Board Fam Med
FD American Board of Family Medicine
SP 46
OP 49
DO 10.3122/jabfm.1.1.46
VO 1
IS 1
A1 Richard I. Feinbloom
A1 Ira S. Schneider
YR 1988
UL http://www.jabfm.org/content/1/1/46.abstract
AB Patients requiring long-term institutional care face major financial dislocations that affect their families as well. While the issue of who should pay for long-term care, society or the individual, is still unsolved and controversial, lawyers specializing in welfare law can assist individuals in obtaining public entitlements and preserving private assets. Public awareness of such planning services is uneven. Physicians can make an important contribution to the welfare of their patients who are at risk by informing them of such services and of the problems they seek to address.