Mental incapacity: some proposals for legislative reform

Journal of Medical Ethics 24 (5):322-327 (1998)
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While the decision of the House of Lords in Re F in [1990] clarified somewhat the law concerning the treatment of the mentally incapacitated adult, many uncertainties remained. This paper explores proposals discussed in a recent government green paper for reform of the law in an area involving many difficult ethical dilemmas

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10.1136/jme.24.5.322

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