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Section 1: Underlying ethical
principles
(1.1) Section 1: Underlying ethical principles
(1.2) Underlying ethical principles
(1.3) Deontological approach
(1.4) Deontological approach
(1.5) Utilitarianism
(1.6) Utilitarianism
(1.7) Judaeo-Christian tradition
(1.8) Modern bioethics: Autonomy and respect
for autonomy
(1.9) Section 1: Recap
(1.10) Section
1: Summary
Section 2:
Legal background
(2.1) Section 2: Legal background
(2.2) Legal background
(2.3) Autonomous or not? The
competence-capacity question…
(2.4) Philosophies of assessment of
decision-making ability
(2.5) Respect for autonomy
(2.6) Treatment of the unconscious patient
(2.7) Treatment of incompetent patients
(2.8) Treatment of incompetent patients:
Current position
(2.9) Disputed capacity
(2.10) Re T (adult: refusal of medical
treatment) [1992] 4 All ER 649
(2.11) Re v C [1994] 1 All ER 819
(2.12) Re B (adult refusal of medical treatment) [2002] EWHC 429
(Fam)
(2.13) Re B (adult refusal of medical treatment) [2002] EWHC 429
(Fam)
(2.14) Exceptions to the ‘respect for autonomy’ model
(2.15) Exceptions to the ‘respect for autonomy’ model
(2.16) Section 2: Recap
(2.17) Section
2: Summary
Section 3:
Statute
(3.1) Section 3: Statute
(3.2) Statute
(3.3) The Adults with Incapacity (Scotland)
Act 2000
(3.4) Mental Health (Care and Treatment)
(Scotland) Act 2003
(3.5) Significantly Impaired Decision-Making
Ability (SIDMA)
(3.6) SIDMA
(3.7) Section 3: Recap 1 (Scotland)
(3.8) Legislation for England and Wales: The
Mental Capacity Act 2005
(3.9) The Mental Capacity Act 2005
(3.10) Section 3: Recap 2 (England and
Wales)
(3.11) Section
3: Summary
Section 4:
Impaired decision-making
(4.1) Section 4: Impaired decision-making
(4.2) Impaired decision-making
(4.3) BMA/Law Commission: Joint guidance
(4.4) Further guidance
(4.5) Assessment
(4.6) Evidence base
(4.7) MacArthur Competence Assessment
Tool-Treatment (MacCAT-T)
(4.8) MacArthur Competence Assessment Tool
-Treatment (MacCAT-T): Results
(4.9) Deficits associated with impaired
decision-making in specific disorders:
Mental disorder
(4.10) How to maximise decision-making
ability: Mental disorder
(4.11) Learning disabilities
(4.12) How to maximise decision-making
ability: Learning disability
(4.13) Dementia
(4.14) Dementia
(4.15) How to maximise decision-making
ability: Dementia
(4.16) Mini-Mental State Examination
(MMSE)
(4.17) Medical and legal interface
(4.18) Section 4: Recap
(4.19) Section
4: Summary
Section 5: Case
studies
(5.1) Section 5: Case studies
(5.2) Case study 1: Mr F
(5.3) Case study 1: Mr F
(5.4) Case study 1: Mr F
(5.5) Case study 2: Mrs S
(5.6) Case study 2: Mrs S
(5.7) Case study 2: Mrs S
(5.8) Case study 3: Mr L
(5.9) Case study 3: Mr L
(5.10) Case study 3: Mr L
(5.11) Case study 4: Mr Y
(5.12) Case study 4: Mr Y
(5.13) Case study 4: Mr Y
(5.14) Section
5: Summary
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Appendix: Case
summaries
(A1) Appendix: Case summaries
(A2) T v T [1988] All ER 613
(A3) Re F [1990] 2 AC
(A4) Re S (adult patient sterilization) [2001]
3 Fam 15, [2000] 3 WLR 1288
(A5) Re T (adult: refusal of medical
treatment) [1992] 4 All ER 649
(A6) Re v C [1994] 1 All ER 819
(A7) Re B (adult refusal of medical treatment)
[2002] EWHC 429 (Fam)
(A8) Tameside and Glossop Acute Services trust
v CH (a patient) [1996] 1 FLR 762
(A9) Re MB [1997] 8 Med LR 217
(A10) F v Riverside Mental Health Trust [1994]
1 FLR 614
(A11) B v Croyden Health Authority [1995] 1 All ER 683
(A12) Appendix:
Summary
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