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J R Soc Med 2003;96:157
doi:10.1258/jrsm.96.3.157
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J R Soc Med 2003;96:157
© 2003 The Royal Society of Medicine

Capacity and consent

I Agell

Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, UK

Dr Jackson and Dr Warner (December 2002 JRSM1) make an assessment of the knowledge of capacity and consent issues across different medical specialties. I am not surprised by the deficits they identify with the results as attendance to many seminars looking at capacity and consent. More worrying is my personal experience as a psychiatric trainee. When on call, both as a senior house officer and as a specialist registrar, I have received requests from non-psychiatric colleagues to implement the Mental Health Act in order to carry out medical or surgical treatment in patients who either refused or clearly were not able to consent to it. Even in teaching sessions for a mixed-specialty group this issue is not clearly discussed. I would like to see education in the use and limitations of the Mental Health Act along with the training regarding issues of capacity and consent.

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  1. Jackson E, Warner J. How much do doctors know about consent and capacity? J R Soc Med2002; 95:601 -3[Abstract/Free Full Text]


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