Hostname: page-component-7c8c6479df-r7xzm Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-03-29T00:38:23.276Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

Consent and the mentally handicapped

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

John Dunn*
Affiliation:
The Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AZ
Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

Image of the first page of this content. For PDF version, please use the ‘Save PDF’ preceeding this image.'
Type
Correspondence
Creative Commons
Creative Common License - CCCreative Common License - BY
This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1990

References

Bicknell, J. (1989) Consent and people with mental handicap. British Medical Journal, 299, 1176.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Dyer, C. (1989) Law lords give reasons for their decision on consent. British Medical Journal, 298, 1542.Google ScholarPubMed
Submit a response

eLetters

No eLetters have been published for this article.