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Mental Competency (Latest Articles)
Latest indexed articles for 'Mental Competency'
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30 Mar 2009 
This review focuses on the history of, and recent developments in, the law and ethics of research with practical advice for surgeons conducting clinical research. Legal references apply to England and Wales or to Scotland, but the underlying ethical ...
rec_pub_19335967-surgical-research-uk.htm
Criminal madness: cultural iconography and insanity.
30 Mar 2009 
rec_pub_19489183-criminal-madness-cultural-iconography-insanity.htm
The straight route to withholding hand-feeding and hydration.
30 Mar 2009
rec_pub_19326317-the-straight-route-withholding-hand-feeding-hydration.htm
Contemporaneous assessment of testamentary capacity.
25 Mar 2009 BACKGROUND: Challenges to wills on the basis of lack of testamentary capacity and/or undue influence are likely to increase over the next generation. Since contemporaneous assessment of testamentary capacity can be a powerful influence on the ...
rec_pub_19323871-contemporaneous-assessment-testamentary-capacity.htm
Advance care planning in care homes for older people: an English perspective.
24 Mar 2009 Advance care planning (ACP) as a process of discussing and recording wishes for future care and treatment is increasingly being promoted and discussed in the UK, reflecting recent changes in legislation. This study describes current ACP practice in ...
rec_pub_19324923-advance-care-planning-care-homes-older-people-english-perspective.htm
Effects of advanced age and dementia on restoration of competence to stand trial.
22 Mar 2009 Elderly defendants (age 65+) and defendants with dementia adjudicated incompetent to stand trial and hospitalized for restoration to competence (RTC) often present unique challenges to clinicians charged with their restoration. In this study, we ...
rec_pub_19321205-effects-advanced-age-dementia-restoration-competence-stand-trial.htm
When is a capitally charged defendant incompetent to stand trial?
18 Mar 2009 Competence to stand trial is a functional test rather than a bright line test, which therefore requires a case and fact specific assessment of a client's abilities in context. This article discusses competence in the context of capital trial cases. ...
rec_pub_19303637-when-capitally-charged-defendant-incompetent-stand-trial.htm
18 Mar 2009
rec_pub_19405354-lives-balance.htm
Who will consent to emergency treatment trials for subarachnoid hemorrhage?
4 Mar 2009 OBJECTIVES: Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is a devastating disorder that still requires much clinical study. However, the decision to participate in a randomized clinical trial, particularly a neuroemergency trial, is a complex one. The ...
rec_pub_19298620-who-consent-emergency-treatment-trials-subarachnoid-hemorrhage.htm
GMC is to reconsider guidance on end of life care.
28 Feb 2009
rec_pub_19255127-gmc-reconsider-guidance-end-life-care.htm
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