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Mental health legislation and decision making capacity: Capacity is more complex than it looks

Authors :
Tony Hope
Jacinta Tan
Source :
BMJ. 332:119.1
Publication Year :
2006
Publisher :
BMJ, 2006.

Abstract

Editor—We agree with Doyal and Sheather that mental health legislation should respect decision making capacity because patients with a mental disorder should not be discriminated against. 1 The current legal test of capacity and the criteria of capacity in the forthcoming mental capacity act in England and Wales largely focus …

Details

ISSN :
14685833 and 09598138
Volume :
332
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
BMJ
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....b31b2225be61c157c6951d83dbada3f5
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.332.7533.119