Mentally disordered or lacking capacity? Lessons for management of serious deliberate self harm

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 341, Issue 7773, 2010, Pages 587-589

  David, Anthony S ^a   Hotopf, Matthew ^a   Moran, Paul ^a   Owen, Gareth ^a   Szmukler, George ^a   Richardson, Genevra ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; DECISION MAKING; LAW; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF POISONING; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

ADULT; AUTOPSY; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MENTAL COMPETENCY; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE;

EID: 77956834849     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c4489     Document Type: Article

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