title: Treatment in patients' best interests.
abstract: A note on the current state of the law as regards balancing the autonomy, and personal values, of a mentally incapacitated patient against treatment plans with which they do not agree. The author summarises the outcomes of two medical treatment cases heard by the Court of Protection, with similar facts and different results, by way of adding to the advice to practitioners for their communications with patients and families in such situations.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Law, Capsticks Solicitors LLP , Leeds , UK.
authors.forename: Lindsay
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gee
keywords: Autonomy; incapacity; urgent treatment