Capacity, consent, and mental health legislation: Time for a new standard?

Contemporary Nurse

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 237-247

  O'Brien, Anthony J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Assessment; Capacity; Competence; Consent; Mental health legislation; Mental health nursing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFLICT; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEW ZEALAND; NURSE ATTITUDE; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NEW ZEALAND; NURSE'S ROLE; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREJUDICE; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 77956642206     PISSN: 10376178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/conu.2010.34.2.237     Document Type: Article

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