What do newly appointed health staff know about the Mental Capacity Act (2005)?

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 97-101

  Willner, Paul ^a,b,c   Bridle, Jennifer ^a   Dymond, Simon ^b   Lewis, Glenda ^a  

^a ABERTAWE BRO MORGANNWG UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Laurels ^*  (United Kingdom)

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EID: 80052417623     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/msl.2011.010120     Document Type: Article

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