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1. Mental incapacity: some proposals for legislative reform.

Author

McHale, J. V.

Subjects
*PEOPLE with mental illness, *GOVERNMENT policy, *NATIONAL health service laws, *CAPACITY (Law), *ORGAN donation, *JURISPRUDENCE, *MEDICAL ethics, *MEDICAL research, *MENTAL health laws, *ORGAN donors, *POLICY sciences, *RISK assessment, *PASSIVE euthanasia, *LAW, *LEGISLATION
Abstract

While the decision of the House of Lords in Re F in [1990] clarified somewhat the law concerning the treatment of the mentally incapacitated adult, many uncertainties remained. This paper explores proposals discussed in a recent government green paper for reform of the law in an area involving many difficult ethical dilemmas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
1998
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2. Snapshots of five clinical ethics committees in the UK.

Author

Szeremeta, M, Dawson, John, Manning, Donal, Watson, Alan R., Wright, Margaret M., Notcutt, William, and Lancaster, Richard

Subjects
*MEDICAL ethics committees, *ETHICS committees, WIRRAL Hospital (Wirral, England)
Abstract

Each of the following papers gives an account of a different UK clinical ethics committee. The committees vary in the length of time they have been established, and also in the main focus of their work. The accounts discuss the development of the committees and some of the ethical problems that have been brought to them. The issues raised will be relevant for other National Health Service (NHS) trusts in the UK that wish to set up such a committee. (Journal of Medical Ethics 2001 ;27 suppl I:i9-i17) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2001
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