Assessing mental capacity: The Mental Capacity Act

BMJ

Volumn 336, Issue 7639, 2008, Pages 322-325

  Nicholson, Timothy R J ^a   Cutter, William ^b   Hotopf, Matthew ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHERN HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COURT; LAWYER; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL HEALTH; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

CODES OF ETHICS; DECISION MAKING; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; THIRD-PARTY CONSENT;

EID: 39449125938     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39457.485347.80     Document Type: Short Survey

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