Doctors are increasingly being asked to make assessments of their patients' mental capacity to create a legal document such as a Will or Lasting Power of Attorney, but you do have the right to refuse ...

A relationship with a client can change dramatically when the client starts showing signs of mental incapacity and the person with power of attorney wants to step in. Defining when your client has ...

Alonzi, A. et al (2009) Assessing staff needs for guidance on the Mental Capacity Act 2005. Nursing Times; 105: 3, 24-27. This article outlines a research study that sought staff views on whether they ...

Quality control patterns in comprehensive genomic testing of malignancies. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2023 ASCO Quality Care Symposium. This abstract does not include a full text ...

In general, all adults, regardless of diagnosis or condition, should be presumed competent to consent to participation in research unless there is evidence of serious disability that would impair ...