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Assessments of mental capacity in psychiatric inpatients: a retrospective cohort study

BACKGROUND: The Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA) was introduced in 2007 to protect vulnerable individuals who lack capacity to make decisions for themselves and to provide a legal framework for professionals to assess incapacity. The impact of the MCA on clinical practice is not known. This study aims...

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Autores principales: Brown, Penelope F, Tulloch, Alex D, Mackenzie, Charlotte, Owen, Gareth S, Szmukler, George, Hotopf, Matthew
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3643852/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23586975
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-244X-13-115