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After Bournewood
— one Trust's response | | Author(s) | Suhair Abbas, Ayodeji Soyinka, David Lawley |
| Corporate Author | Humber Mental Health Teach NHS Trust |
| Journal title | Geriatric Medicine, vol 35, no 8, August 2005 |
| Pages | pp 9/14 |
| Source | http://www.gerimed.co.uk |
| Keywords | Psychogeriatric patients ; Admission [hospitals] ; Rights [elderly] ; Law ; East Riding of Yorkshire ; Kingston-upon-Hull. |
| Annotation | The ruling in the "Bournewood" case has stimulated much legal and ethical debate since the first ruling by the High Court in October 1997 (R v Bournewood Mental Health NHS Trust ex parte L). The ruling has significant implications for all those caring for people who are mentally incapable. This article highlights the practical steps taken by Humber Mental Health Teaching NHS Trust to safeguard the rights of incapacitated compliant patients under the Trust's care. The Trust's decisions follow discussions on reviewing the ruling by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in October 2004, guidance from the Department of Health (DH), and the Faculty for the Psychiatry of Old Age guidance. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-051010211 A |
| Classmark | LF:E: LD:QKH: IKR: VR: 8HUF: 8HUD |
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