Discusses the lack of legal powers for Next of Kin and how decision making can be made legal under the mCA 200
The best end of life care is always that which aligns with the wishes and values of the incapacitate...
regarding advanced decisions (living wills), particularly in respect to the conditions that must be ...
The new adult guardianship system was introduced, instead of declaration of legal incapacity regime,...
The Mental Capacity Act 2005 is concerned with decisions that are made on behalf of adults who lack ...
After a very long gestation the Mental Capacity Bill was published earlier this year. Among its prop...
An Advance care directive entitles a person to request in advance either the refusal of or consent t...
Advance decisions to refuse medical treatment (“ADRTs”) have been recognised in English law through ...
Outline of the use of ADRT under the Mental Capacity Act 2005. Their value and how to make them
This paper is about the role of the fiduciary, a surrogate decision maker in the end of life decisio...
In the UK, decisions taken on behalf of patients who lack capacity must be in their best interests, ...
Advance directives are an exercise in self-determination which record a patient’s wishes regarding f...
A significant percentage of individuals lack sufficient mental capacity to make financial, health, a...
The last 15 years has seen clarification of the terminology used to describe prolonged disorders of ...
Objective: To clarify the concept of best interests, setting out how they should be ascertained and ...
The Mental Capacity Act 2005 is due to be fully implemented in the UK in October 2007 with some of i...
The best end of life care is always that which aligns with the wishes and values of the incapacitate...
regarding advanced decisions (living wills), particularly in respect to the conditions that must be ...
The new adult guardianship system was introduced, instead of declaration of legal incapacity regime,...
The Mental Capacity Act 2005 is concerned with decisions that are made on behalf of adults who lack ...
After a very long gestation the Mental Capacity Bill was published earlier this year. Among its prop...
An Advance care directive entitles a person to request in advance either the refusal of or consent t...
Advance decisions to refuse medical treatment (“ADRTs”) have been recognised in English law through ...
Outline of the use of ADRT under the Mental Capacity Act 2005. Their value and how to make them
This paper is about the role of the fiduciary, a surrogate decision maker in the end of life decisio...
In the UK, decisions taken on behalf of patients who lack capacity must be in their best interests, ...
Advance directives are an exercise in self-determination which record a patient’s wishes regarding f...
A significant percentage of individuals lack sufficient mental capacity to make financial, health, a...
The last 15 years has seen clarification of the terminology used to describe prolonged disorders of ...
Objective: To clarify the concept of best interests, setting out how they should be ascertained and ...
The Mental Capacity Act 2005 is due to be fully implemented in the UK in October 2007 with some of i...
The best end of life care is always that which aligns with the wishes and values of the incapacitate...
regarding advanced decisions (living wills), particularly in respect to the conditions that must be ...
The new adult guardianship system was introduced, instead of declaration of legal incapacity regime,...