Mental incapacity: some proposals for legislative reform
While the decision of the House of Lords in Re F in [1990] clarified somewhat the law concerning the treatment of the mentally incapacitated adult, many uncertainties remained. This paper explores proposals discussed in a recent government green paper for reform of the law in an area involving many...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMJ Publ.
1998
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Journal of medical ethics
Year: 1998, Volume: 24, Issue: 5, Pages: 322-327 |
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| Summary: | While the decision of the House of Lords in Re F in [1990] clarified somewhat the law concerning the treatment of the mentally incapacitated adult, many uncertainties remained. This paper explores proposals discussed in a recent government green paper for reform of the law in an area involving many difficult ethical dilemmas. |
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| ISSN: | 1473-4257 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of medical ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1136/jme.24.5.322 |