title: Court holds that patient in intensive care unit was not deprived of her liberty.
abstract: Richard Griffith, Senior Lecturer in Health Law at Swansea University, discusses the difficult issue of deprivation of liberty when somebody lacks the capacity to make decisions about their own treatment.
authors.affiliation: Senior Lecturer in Health Law at Swansea University.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Griffith
mesh_terms: D003422:Critical Care; D004314:Down Syndrome / Q000451:nursing*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D007603:Jurisprudence; D008131:London; D016743:Mental Competency / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D008875:Middle Aged; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000451:nursing*