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Medical Treatment: Decisions and the Law: The Mental Capacity Act in Action

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: London: Bloomsbury Professional; 2022.Edition: 4thDescription: lxix; 779pISBN:
  • 9781526516558
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23 344.041 J653M
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Table of Contents
Part 1: General Principles
1. Consent – general
2. Consent - adults
3. Deciding for others - adults
4. Consent and deciding for others - children
5. Restraint and deprivation of liberty
6. Going to court
7. Access to healthcare - choice
8. Access to healthcare - funding

Part 2: Specific Problems
9. Abortion
10. Sterilisation and contraception
11. Assisted reproduction
12. Pregnancy and childbirth
13. Feeding
14. Religious observance and objections to treatment
15. Withdrawal and withholding of treatment
16. The right to die?
17. Treating suicidal patients
18. The end of life
19. Human organ and tissue donation

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