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Obtaining informed consent from continuing care residents — issues and recommendations
Author(s)	Liza Stelmach, Candace Konnert, Keith Dobson
Journal title	Canadian Journal on Aging, vol 20, no 3, Fall 2001
Pages	pp 385-406
Keywords	Residents [care homes] ; Rights [elderly] ; Social ethics ; Medical care ; Psychogeriatric units ; Standards of provision ; Canada.
Annotation	As the number of older people living in continuing care facilities increases, mental health professionals will provide more services and conduct more research in this setting, and will find themselves regularly challenged by ethical issues, particularly obtaining informed consent. Mental health professionals must overcome such challenges to fulfil the following requirements of informed consent: the client is competent; the client is provided with sufficient information; and the client has not been coerced and/or the consent is voluntary. This article examines issues surrounding fulfilment of these requirements in a continuing care facility, and will provide suggestions and guidelines that mental health professionals can use during the informed consent process. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-011126211 A
Classmark	KX: IKR: TQ: LK: LDM: 583: 7S
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