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The Mental Health Act 1983 Draft Code of Practice: Mental Health Act Commission's Discussion Paper on Consent to Treatment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Lord Colville
Lord Colville*
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Chairman, Mental Health Act Commission
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Professor Bluglass has recently written in the Bulletin on this subject. Articles have also appeared in the British Medical Journal by Dr Hamilton and Professor Kendell. Comments were invited on both documents: to the DHSS on the Code and to MHAC on their paper. To judge by the articles referred to, clarification of the background to and function of both documents is urgently needed.

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Bulletin of the Royal College of Psychiatrists , Volume 10 , Issue 8 , August 1986 , pp. 220 - 222
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References

1. Robert Bluglass (1986) The Draft Code of Practice (Mental Health Act 1983)—in pursuit of agreement. Bulletin of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, 10, 76–78.Google Scholar
2. Hamilton, John R. (1986) Code of Practice for the Mental Health Act 1983: “Patronising and unrealistic”. British Medical Journal, 292, 1219–1220.Google Scholar
3. Kendell, R. (1986) The Mental Health Act Commission's ‘Guidelines: a further threat to psychiatric research’. British Medical Journal, 292, 1249–1250.Google Scholar
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