Mental incapacity: some proposals for legislative reform.
While the decision of the House of Lords in Re F in [1990] clarified somewhat the law concerning the treatment of the mentally incapacitated adult, many uncertainties remained. This paper explores proposals discussed in a recent government green paper for reform of the law in an area involving many difficult ethical dilemmas.
McHale
J V
JV
University of Manchester.
D000328:Adult; D026683:Advisory Committees; D004739:England; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D033222:Judicial Role; D016743:Mental Competency / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D033281:Nontherapeutic Human Experimentation; D019989:Persons with Intellectual Disabilities / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013222:State Medicine / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014019:Tissue Donors; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement; D028761:Withholding Treatment