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Mental capacity and psychiatric in-patients: implications for the new mental health law in England and Wales

Background In England and Wales mental health services need to take account of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and the Mental Health Act 1983. The overlap between these two causes dilemmas for clinicians. Aims To describe the frequency and characteristics of patients who fall into two potentially anoma...

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Autores principales: Owen, Gareth S., Szmukler, George, Richardson, Genevra, David, Anthony S., Hayward, Peter, Rucker, James, Harding, Duncan, Hotopf, Matthew
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Royal College Of Psychiatrists 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2802509/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19721117
http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.108.059782