Assessing mental capacity: the Mental Capacity Act

Assessing mental capacity: the Mental Capacity Act

Assessing mental capacity is an important part of a clinician’s role, and the recent Mental Capacity Act can help doctors when making such decisions

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Veröffentlicht in:BMJ 2008-02, Vol.336 (7639), p.322-325
Hauptverfasser: Nicholson, Timothy R J, Cutter, William, Hotopf, Matthew
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Biological and medical sciences
Clinical Review
Codes of Ethics
Common law
Decision making
Decision Making - ethics
Delirium
Diseases
Freedom of movement
General aspects
Guardians
Health care industry
Health care policy
Heart attacks
Humans
Legal practice
Legislation
Medical personnel
Medical practice
Medical sciences
Mental competency
Mental Competency - legislation & jurisprudence
Mental disorders
Mental health
Mental health care
Mental Health Services - legislation & jurisprudence
Mental illness
Patients
Physicians
Power of attorney
Principles
Professional responsibilities
Psychiatric hospitals
Psychiatrists
Third-Party Consent - ethics
Third-Party Consent - statistics & numerical data
United Kingdom
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Zusammenfassung:Assessing mental capacity is an important part of a clinician’s role, and the recent Mental Capacity Act can help doctors when making such decisions
ISSN:0959-8138
0959-8146
1468-5833
1756-1833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.39457.485347.80