title: Assessing the capacity to give consent.
authors.affiliation: Severn NHS Trust Learning Disability Services, Gloucester.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dean
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Turner
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cash
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Winterbottom
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D016743:Mental Competency; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research