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Capacity and suicide
Category: Miscellaneous
Organ donation in England – deemed consent and mental capacity
A reminder that the Organ Donation (Deemed Consent) Act 2019 comes fully into force in England today, 20 May. The… Read more
Deprivation of liberty – getting it right shedinar
I have had some thoughts about how to get deprivation of liberty right – how to identify one, and what… Read more
Advance care planning – the conversation (part 1)
The palliative care consultant Dr Mark Taubert and I have recorded a two-part conversation about the interaction between law and… Read more
Court of Protection Handbook Quarterly Update – May 2020
The quarterly update to the Court of Protection Handbook (1 May 2020) is now online, available here. It builds on… Read more
Best interests – getting it right ‘webinar’
Following on from my video about capacity, I now turn to best interests. The slides are here. Boring but necessary… Read more
Capacity in the time of Coronavirus – article
An article written by me, “Capacity in the time of Coronavirus,” is now available in the International Journal of Law… Read more
DNACPR and Advance Care Planning – getting it right
I have recorded a short video (with slides) about DNAPCR and advance care planning, in the hopes that it will… Read more
Mitigating the risk of assumptions and biases in assessments of mental capacity: briefing document
A very useful briefing document by Sophie Stammers and Lisa Bortolotti from the University of Birmingham has been published on… Read more
New guidelines on Prolonged Disorders of Consciousness
New guidelines from the Royal College of Physicians and endorsed or supported by a further 15 health bodies offer updated… Read more