1. Mental incapacity: some proposals for legislative reform.
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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]
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- 1998
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