title: The treatment of adult patients with a mental disability. Part 2: Assessment of competence.
abstract: Over recent years practitioners are increasingly being asked to attend to, or to provide treatment for, adult patients with some degree of mental illness, either in their homes or in the dental surgery. Because the issue of competence and the assessment of the patient is crucial to this aspect of dental practice this second paper is devoted to an overview of that assessment process; outlining the legal tests and standards to be employed.
authors.affiliation: Turner Dental School, University of Manchester Dental Hospital.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Bridgman
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Wilson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003730:Dental Care for Persons with Disabilities; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D016743:Mental Competency / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D011594:Psychometrics; D016312:Treatment Refusal; D006113:United Kingdom