Working with the mental capacity act: Findings from specialist palliative and neurological care settings

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 396-402

  Wilson, Eleanor ^a   Seymour, Jane E ^b   Perkins, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Leckhampton Court Hospice   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advance decisions; End of life; Mental capacity; Neurology; Palliative care; Staff views

Indexed keywords

ACT; ARTICLE; DOCUMENTATION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL CAPACITY ACT; NOMENCLATURE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STAFF;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; ENGLAND; HUMANS; MENTAL COMPETENCY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PALLIATIVE CARE; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL; WALES;

EID: 77952992307     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216309360739     Document Type: Article

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