Adults with incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000: Implications for clinical psychology

Clinical Psychology

Volumn , Issue 31, 2003, Pages 5-8

  Whyte, Maggie ^a,b   Wilson, Martin ^a   Hamilton, Jackie ^a   Primrose, William ^a   Summers, Fiona ^a  

^a NHS GRAMPIAN   (United Kingdom)

^b WOODEND HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY; COGNITION; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEMORY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTIVATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIST; THINKING; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED KINGDOM; WELFARE;

EID: 0242608404     PISSN: 14738279     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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