Mental health legislation should respect decision making capacity

British Medical Journal

Volumn 331, Issue 7530, 2005, Pages 1467-1469

  Doyal, Len ^a   Sheather, Julian ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETENCE; HUMAN; LAW; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORALITY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT RIGHT; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 29244437146     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1467     Document Type: Review

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