Homeward bound or bound for a home? Assessing the capacity of dementia patients to make decisions about hospital discharge: Comparing practice with legal standards

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 73-82

  Emmett, Charlotte ^a   Poole, Marie ^b   Bond, John ^b   Hughes, Julian C ^c  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTH TYNESIDE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Best interests; Capacity assessment; Dementia; Hospital discharge; Mental Capacity Act 2005; Residence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEMENTIA; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT RIGHT; PRACTICE ACT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT;

DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; ENGLAND; FOCUS GROUPS; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HOUSING; HUMANS; MENTAL COMPETENCY; PATIENT DISCHARGE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84871712774     PISSN: 01602527     EISSN: 18736386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2012.11.009     Document Type: Article

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