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Abstract
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.Keywords: Airedale NHS Trust v. Bland; Death and Euthanasia; House of Lords Select Committee on Medical Ethics; Law Commission (Great Britain); Legal Approach; Mental Health Therapies; Re C (Adult: Refusal of Treatment); Re F (Mental Patient: Sterilisation); Re T (Adult: Refusal of Medical Treatment); Who Decides? Making Decisions on Behalf of Mentally Incompetent Patients
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Year: 1998 PMID： 9800588 PMCID： PMC1377608 DOI： 10.1136/jme.24.5.322
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Med Ethics ISSN： 0306-6800 Impact factor: 2.903