It is a truth (almost) universally acknowledged that DNACPR/DNR notices are not working. Cases such as Tracey and Winspear show… Read more
ReSPECT – a new approach to advance care planning
Category: Research of interest
Job opportunity – Wellcome Trust Mental Health and Justice project
Applications are invited for a part-time Web & Digital Communication Officer for the Wellcome Trust Mental Health and Justice Project… Read more
Second issue of International Journal of Mental Health and Capacity Law now out
The second issue is now out, edited by Daniel Wang, Ruth Fletcher, Catherine Penny, Richard Ashcroft and I. The articles include:… Read more
New research report: The Participation of P in Welfare Cases in the Court of Protection
A huge – and hugely impressive – report on the participation of P has just been published by Cardiff University’s… Read more
The MCA 2005 Ten Years On – Medical Law Review special issue published
A special (open-access) issue of the Medical Law Review has just been published, based upon papers delivered at a conference… Read more
Service user advisory group members sought for Mental Health and Justice project
We are looking as part of the major Wellcome Trust-funded Mental Health and Justice project to recruit eight people with… Read more
Wellcome Trust Clinical Research position: Supporting Advance Directives in Bipolar Disorder: apply now!
As part of a team (Dr Gareth Owen (psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience), Dr Tania Gergel (mental health… Read more
What is supported decision-making? New good practice guide
The Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland has published a new (and in my view excellent) good practice guide on supported decision-making. The guide… Read more
Wellcome Trust Clinical Research position: Supporting Advance Directives in Bipolar Disorder.
As part of a team (Dr Gareth Owen (psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience), Dr Tania Gergel (mental health ethics),… Read more
Storytellers wanted for VOICES project
The excellent VOICES project at the Centre for Disability Law and Policy at the NUI Galway is a really important project in… Read more