Capacity of forensic patients to consent to treatment

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 443-450

  Skipworth, Jeremy J ^a   Dawson, John ^b   Ellis, Pete M ^b  

^a Auckland Regional Forensic Psychiatry Service   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Consent to treatment; Forensic; Mental capacity; Mental health law

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; FORENSIC PATIENT; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

CONSENT TO TREATMENT; FORENSIC; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL HEALTH LAW;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INPATIENTS; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MENTAL DISORDERS;

EID: 84880518742     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0004867412468495     Document Type: Article

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