Substitute consent for nursing home residents prescribed psychotropic medication

Background Prescribing psychotropic medications for persons with dementia who lack capacity to give informed consent requires proxy consent under NSW Guardianship legislation. Objective To survey current practice in complying with legislation and regulations in prescribing psychotropic medications f...

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Veröffentlicht in:	International journal of geriatric psychiatry 2009-03, Vol.24 (3), p.226-231
Hauptverfasser:	Rendina, Nicola, Brodaty, Henry, Draper, Brian, Peisah, Carmelle, Brugue, Esteve
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged, 80 and over Australia Biological and medical sciences Dementia Dementia - drug therapy Dementia - psychology Drug dosages Female Geriatric psychiatry Geriatric psychology Humans Informed consent Informed Consent - legislation & jurisprudence Legislation Male Medical Audit Medical sciences Mental Competency - legislation & jurisprudence Mental health NSW Guardianship legislation nursing home Nursing Homes Prescription Drugs - administration & dosage Proxy - legislation & jurisprudence proxy consent Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychopathology. Psychiatry Psychotropic drugs Psychotropic Drugs - administration & dosage psychotropic medication Social psychiatry. Ethnopsychiatry substitute consent
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