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Decision-making capacity and consent to treatment

Authors :
Rosanne Macgregor-Morris
Jane Ewbank
Source :
Advances in Psychiatric Treatment. 8:158-159
Publication Year :
2002
Publisher :
Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2002.

Abstract

We read with interest the article in the July 2001 issue of APT ([Bellhouse et al , 2001][1]) regarding decision-making capacity in adults. The authors have summarised leading legal cases in the area of consent to treatment, and then focused on the practical assessment of capacity. In doing so they

Details

ISSN :
14721481 and 13555146
Volume :
8
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Advances in Psychiatric Treatment
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........35c216fd9a8a78f26867f3b4965230a7
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1192/apt.8.2.158