Consent to treatment: loophole in the Ontario Mental Health Act.
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.
Jaychuk
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University of Western Ontario, St. Joseph's Hospital, London.
Manchanda
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Galbraith
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DA
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