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Making healthcare decisions in a person’s best interests when they lack capacity: clinical guidance based on a review of evidence

OBJECTIVE: To clarify the concept of best interests, setting out how they should be ascertained and used to make healthcare decisions for patients who lack the mental capacity to make decisions. CONTEXT: The legal framework is the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) 2005, which applies to England and Wales. T...

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Autores principales: Wade, Derick T, Kitzinger, Celia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6745603/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31169031
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0269215519852987