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Documentation of Capacity Assessments for Psychiatric Inpatients

AIMS: How frequently and to what quality are mental capacity assessments being recorded on inpatient acute ward? Capacity is the ability to consent to a particular decision and is defined in law by the Mental Capacity Act (MCA). Capacity to make decisions is an area of particular importance in menta...

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Autor principal: Ngwenya, Keith
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10345933/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2023.453