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Vulnerable adults and undue influenceAssessments of decision-making capacity have an all-or-nothing quality: either we have the capacity to make a specified decision or we do not. In England, Wales and Scotland, an adult can only be assessed as lacking capacity if certain diagnostic criteria can be...

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Authors: Davies, Martin (Author) ; Brannan, Sophie (Author) ; Chrispin, Eleanor (Author) ; English, Veronica (Author) ; Mussell, Rebecca (Author) ; Sheather, C. (Author)
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Published: BMJ Publ. 2012
In: Journal of medical ethics
Year: 2012, Volume: 38, Issue: 7, Pages: 446-448
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