The application of the mental capacity Act 2005 among geriatric psychiatry patients: A pilot study

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 922-930

  Shah, Ajit ^a,b   Banner, Natalie ^a   Heginbotham, Chris ^a   Fulford, Bill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b WEST LONDON MENTAL HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Best interest; Capacity; Consent; Mental Capacity Act

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ETHNICITY; FACE VALIDITY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; MENTAL PATIENT; NURSING HOME; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT RIGHT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PILOT STUDY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIGION; RESIDENTIAL HOME; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COOPERATION; DECISION MAKING; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MENTAL DISORDERS; PILOT PROJECTS; WALES;

EID: 70350518658     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610209990391     Document Type: Article

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