HealthDay Now: The Motivations Behind Conservatorships

In a HealthDay Now interview, we spoke to two experts to discover why 1.3 million Americans, including Britney Spears, are currently under a conservatorship — a legal arrangement that allows a court-appointed "guardian" to take control of another individual's daily life and decisions. Dr. Sam Sugar, the founder of Americans Against Abusive Probate Guardianship, and Jasmine Harris, a law professor at the University of Pennsylvania, shared insights on the process of establishing a conservatorship, the factors motivating these arrangements, and the ethical questions surrounding this issue.