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Medical certification of incapacity in guardianship applications: conceptualising capacity

Aims and method To examine how capacity is recorded in practice and compare this with the statutory definition, medical reports accompanying a random 10% sample (183 applications; 360 reports) of guardianship applications granted in 2011-2012 were examined. Results Clinicians did not explicitly use...

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Autores principales: Russ, Tom C., Thomson, Alison, Lyons, Donald
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Royal College of Psychiatrists 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4768848/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26958360
http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/pb.bp.113.044719