| Literature DB >> 1787519 |
J A Gray1.
Abstract
Section 47 of the 1948 National Assistance Act allows incompetent people, usually old people, to be removed from their homes. It can be considered as a repressive tool, designed to infringe personal liberty, but in this article it is argued that it can also be considered as being legislation which governs and controls professional practice and protects the old person from public prejudice.Entities:
Keywords: Health Care and Public Health; Legal Approach; National Assistance Act 1948 (Great Britain); Professional Patient Relationship
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Year: 1991 PMID： 1787519 PMCID： PMC1376055 DOI： 10.1136/jme.17.4.195
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Med Ethics ISSN： 0306-6800 Impact factor: 2.903