Feeling the way: Childhood mental illness and consent to admission and treatment

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 179, Issue NOV., 2001, Pages 384-386

  Ford, T ^a   Kessel, A ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMPETENCE; EDITORIAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; INFORMED CONSENT; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT RIGHT; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CHILD; CHILD ADVOCACY; ETHICS, MEDICAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MENTAL DISORDERS;

EID: 0035191027     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.179.5.384     Document Type: Editorial

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