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Difficult decisions
— what are a person's 'best interests'? | | Author(s) | Graham Stokes |
| Journal title | Journal of Dementia Care, vol 9, no 3, May/June 2001 |
| Pages | pp 25-27 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Medical care ; Management [care] ; Rights [elderly] ; Law. |
| Annotation | Much dementia care practice is founded on an assumption of the person's best interests, but these are often far from easy to determine. The author argues that care plans must be founded on agreed and conspicuous safeguards, which are not only ethical, but also easily understood and administered. The article centres on the Mental Health Act 1983 and the individual's decision-making capacity, as interpreted in judgments such R v Bournewood Mental Health NHS Trust ex parte L, and explained by the Law Commission in guidelines on assessing mental capacity (1995). (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-010626209 A |
| Classmark | EA: LK: QA: IKR: VR |
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