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Assessing mental capacity: tensions, values and duties
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 June 2023
Summary
This is a commentary on two articles on assessing mental capacity in everyday practice and in the case of the suicidal patient. It explores some of the conceptual problems with capacity, including the lack of a ‘right’ answer and the value-laden nature of capacity assessments in suicidal patients. In England and Wales, in addition to the Mental Capacity Act 2005 clinicians must also consider their duty of care as part of the European Convention on Human Rights as enacted in the Human Rights Act 1998.
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- Copyright © The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Royal College of Psychiatrists
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Commentary on… ‘Mental capacity in practice part 1’ and ‘Mental capacity in practice part 2’. See this issue.
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