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Barry, Caroline 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1740-3562 and Docherty, Mary
(2018)
Assessment of mental capacity and decision-making.
Medicine, 46 (7).
pp. 405-410.
ISSN 1357-3039
Abstract
Impaired capacity is very common in hospital inpatients, and assessment of capacity and decision-making should be a core skill for all clinicians. The Mental Capacity Act 2005 provides a clear framework for decision-making; it involves five key principles: the presumption of capacity; the obligation to maximize decision-making capacity; respect for an unwise decision if made by a competent adult; a duty to act in the best interests of an incapacitated person; and action in a manner that is least restrictive to them. Assessment of capacity in patients who are physically unwell can be challenging, and may need to be performed over multiple assessments. Efforts should be made to ensure that the patient's views are heard and respected, even if they lack capacity to consent to the treatment in question. Complexities arise when other legal frameworks such as the Mental Health Act 1983 need to be considered, and specialist legal or psychiatric opinion may be required in certain scenarios.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | advance decision to refuse treatment (adrt),best interests,decision-making capacity,deprivation of liberty safeguards (dols),mental capacity act 2005,medicine(all),sdg 3 - good health and well-being ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2700 |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Dec 2024 01:53 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Dec 2024 01:43 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/97973 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.mpmed.2018.04.003 |
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