Capacity and coercion: Dilemmas in the discharge of older people with dementia from general hospital settings

Age and Ageing

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 16-20

  Brindle, Nick ^a   Holmes, John ^b  

^a Millside Community Unit   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capacity; Dementia; Elderly; Guardianship; Mental Health Act

Indexed keywords

AGED; CAREGIVER; DEMENTIA; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DEMENTIA; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; LEGAL GUARDIANS; MENTAL COMPETENCY; PATIENT DISCHARGE;

EID: 12144253174     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afh228     Document Type: Review

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