The Mental Capacity Act 2005 - Implications for anaesthesia and critical care

Anaesthesia

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 381-389

  White, S M ^a   Baldwin, T J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b Garden Court Chambers ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACT; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; COURT; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTENSIVE CARE; LAW; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; LEGAL LIABILITY; LIVING WILL; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL CAPACITY ACT; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POWER OF ATTORNEY; PUNISHMENT; TREATMENT REFUSAL; ADULT; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CUSTODY; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; ANESTHESIOLOGY; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CRITICAL CARE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL GUARDIANS; LEGISLATION, MEDICAL; MENTAL COMPETENCY;

EID: 33645927920     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2006.04533.x     Document Type: Article

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