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The Mental Capacity Act 2005 – What it Means for Clinical Practice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2008

Natalie Quine*
Affiliation:
Clinical Lead Practitioner, Recovery Services, The Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, East Grinstead, UK
*
Correspondence to: N. Quine, Clinical Lead Practitioner, Recovery Services., The Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, East Grinstead, UK. E-mail: natalie.quine@barna.co.uk
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Copyright © British Association of Anaesthetic and Recovery Nursing 2008

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