The Mental Capacity Act 2005: A new framework for healthcare decision making

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 94-97

  Johnston, Carolyn ^a,b   Liddle, Jane ^c  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; JURISPRUDENCE; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL CAPACITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ENGLAND; ETHICS, CLINICAL; HUMANS; JURISPRUDENCE; LEGISLATION, MEDICAL; MENTAL COMPETENCY; THIRD-PARTY CONSENT; WALES;

EID: 33847007722     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2006.016972     Document Type: Article

References (37)

1. Mental Capacity Act 2005 Draft Code of Practice for Consultation (issued for consultation 9 March 2006) paragraph 1.1. http://www.dca.gov.uk/ consult/codepractise/codeofpractice.htm. The final Code of Practice, drafted following responses to the consultation, will be published in mid February 2007.
2. Lasting Powers of Attorney - Forms and Guidance Consultation Paper, Ministerial Forward, page 3. http://www.dca.gov.uk/consult/powerattorney/ lpa_consult_full.pdf.
3. Mental Capacity Act section 2(5) http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2005/ 20050009.htm.
4. Mental Capacity Act 2005 Draft Code of Practice for Consultation (issued for consultation 9 March 2006) paragraph 1.4.
5. Mental Capacity Act section 2(1).
6. Mental Capacity Act section 2(3).
7. Re C (adult: refusal of medical treatment) [1994] 1 WLR 290.
8. Draft Code of Practice paragraph 3.5A.
9. Mental Capacity Act section 4(6) (a) (b).
10. Re A (Male Sterilisation) [2000] 1 FLR 549 per Butler Sloss, President, page 555.
11. R (Burke) v GMC [2004] EWHC 1879 (Admin) para 9A per Munby J (High Court).
12. Draft Code of Practice paragraph 4.16.
13. Draft Code of Practice paragraph 2.4.
14. Draft Code of Practice paragraph 4.15.
15. Re T (Adult: Refusal of Medical Treatment) 1992 9 BMLR 46 per Lord Donaldson MR: "There seems to be a view in the medical profession that in such emergency circumstances the next of kin should be asked to consent on behalf of the patient ... this is a misconception because the next of kin has no legal right either to consent or to refuse consent".
16. Re F (Male Sterilisation) [1990] 2 AC 1.
17. Mental Capacity Act section 5(1).
18. Draft Code of Practice paragraph 5.31.
19. Draft Code of Practice paragraph 5.50.
20. Draft Code of Practice paragraph 6.34.
21. Mental Capacity Act section 4(11).
22. Draft Code of Practice paragraph 6.16.
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27. Draft Code of Practice paragraph 8.15.
28. Draft Code of Practice paragraph 8.36.
29. [2005] EWCA (Civ) 1003 "While section 26 of that Act requires compliance with a valid advance directive to refuse treatment, section 4 does no more than require this to be taken into consideration when considering what is in the best interests of a patient" paragraph 57 per Lord Phillips MR.
30. Mental Capacity Act section 25(5).
31. Mental Capacity Act section 4(10).
32. Draft Code of Practice paragraph 8.24.
33. HE v A Hospital NHS Trust [2003] EWHC 1017 (Fam).
34. HE v A Hospital NHS Trust [2003] EWHC 1017 (Fam) per Munby J at paragraph 24.
35. Draft Code of Practice paragraph 8.51.
36. Draft Code of Practice paragraph 7.22.
37. The Draft Code of Practice paragraph 7.39.