title: Consent to treatment: loophole in the Ontario Mental Health Act.
abstract: The issue of using substitute consent to obtain treatment for patients who are not competent to consent to treatment is complex. The authors present a case which illustrates that patients may delay treatment for extended periods of time by repeatedly challenging their incompetency status. The authors present proposals to change the present system.
authors.affiliation: University of Western Ontario, St. Joseph's Hospital, London.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Jaychuk
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Manchanda
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Galbraith
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003134:Commitment of Persons with Psychiatric Disorders / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D007872:Legal Guardians; D028642:Persons with Psychiatric Disorders; D009864:Ontario; D012559:Schizophrenia; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology