No Cover Image

Journal article 1367 views

Consent to care: Assessing patient decision making capacity,

Cassam Tengnah

British Journal of Community Nursing, Volume: 17, Issue: 4

Swansea University Author: Cassam Tengnah

Abstract

A capable adult must be allowed to exercise his or her autonomy and such person must have decision relating to health care respected. Proceeding against a capable person's wishes would amount to the tort of trespass to the person and, in some cases, a criminal assault. This article discusses ho...

Full description

Published in: British Journal of Community Nursing
Published: 2012
URI: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa14073
first_indexed 2013-07-23T12:11:39Z
last_indexed 2024-11-14T11:12:38Z
id cronfa14073
recordtype SURis
fullrecord <?xml version="1.0"?><rfc1807><datestamp>2023-06-26T16:30:01.3764079</datestamp><bib-version>v2</bib-version><id>14073</id><entry>2013-01-25</entry><title>Consent to care: Assessing patient decision making capacity,</title><swanseaauthors><author><sid>15a0c610810751360d1943952a8b5193</sid><ORCID/><firstname>Cassam</firstname><surname>Tengnah</surname><name>Cassam Tengnah</name><active>true</active><ethesisStudent>false</ethesisStudent></author></swanseaauthors><date>2013-01-25</date><abstract>A capable adult must be allowed to exercise his or her autonomy and such person must have decision relating to health care respected. Proceeding against a capable person's wishes would amount to the tort of trespass to the person and, in some cases, a criminal assault. This article discusses how capacity should be assessed in relation to health care interventions.</abstract><type>Journal Article</type><journal>British Journal of Community Nursing</journal><volume>17</volume><journalNumber>4</journalNumber><paginationStart/><paginationEnd/><publisher/><placeOfPublication/><isbnPrint/><isbnElectronic/><issnPrint/><issnElectronic/><keywords>Mental Capacity Act, Autonomy, Capacity, Assessment of capacity</keywords><publishedDay>31</publishedDay><publishedMonth>12</publishedMonth><publishedYear>2012</publishedYear><publishedDate>2012-12-31</publishedDate><doi/><url/><notes/><college>COLLEGE NANME</college><CollegeCode>COLLEGE CODE</CollegeCode><institution>Swansea University</institution><apcterm/><funders/><projectreference/><lastEdited>2023-06-26T16:30:01.3764079</lastEdited><Created>2013-01-25T12:50:58.1464021</Created><path><level id="1">Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences</level><level id="2">School of Health and Social Care - Ethics and Law</level></path><authors><author><firstname>Cassam</firstname><surname>Tengnah</surname><orcid/><order>1</order></author></authors><documents/><OutputDurs/></rfc1807>
spelling 2023-06-26T16:30:01.3764079 v2 14073 2013-01-25 Consent to care: Assessing patient decision making capacity, 15a0c610810751360d1943952a8b5193 Cassam Tengnah Cassam Tengnah true false 2013-01-25 A capable adult must be allowed to exercise his or her autonomy and such person must have decision relating to health care respected. Proceeding against a capable person's wishes would amount to the tort of trespass to the person and, in some cases, a criminal assault. This article discusses how capacity should be assessed in relation to health care interventions. Journal Article British Journal of Community Nursing 17 4 Mental Capacity Act, Autonomy, Capacity, Assessment of capacity 31 12 2012 2012-12-31 COLLEGE NANME COLLEGE CODE Swansea University 2023-06-26T16:30:01.3764079 2013-01-25T12:50:58.1464021 Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences School of Health and Social Care - Ethics and Law Cassam Tengnah 1
title Consent to care: Assessing patient decision making capacity,
spellingShingle Consent to care: Assessing patient decision making capacity,
Cassam Tengnah
title_short Consent to care: Assessing patient decision making capacity,
title_full Consent to care: Assessing patient decision making capacity,
title_fullStr Consent to care: Assessing patient decision making capacity,
title_full_unstemmed Consent to care: Assessing patient decision making capacity,
title_sort Consent to care: Assessing patient decision making capacity,
author_id_str_mv 15a0c610810751360d1943952a8b5193
author_id_fullname_str_mv 15a0c610810751360d1943952a8b5193_***_Cassam Tengnah
author Cassam Tengnah
author2 Cassam Tengnah
format Journal article
container_title British Journal of Community Nursing
container_volume 17
container_issue 4
publishDate 2012
institution Swansea University
college_str Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences
hierarchytype
hierarchy_top_id facultyofmedicinehealthandlifesciences
hierarchy_top_title Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences
hierarchy_parent_id facultyofmedicinehealthandlifesciences
hierarchy_parent_title Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences
department_str School of Health and Social Care - Ethics and Law{{{_:::_}}}Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences{{{_:::_}}}School of Health and Social Care - Ethics and Law
document_store_str 0
active_str 0
description A capable adult must be allowed to exercise his or her autonomy and such person must have decision relating to health care respected. Proceeding against a capable person's wishes would amount to the tort of trespass to the person and, in some cases, a criminal assault. This article discusses how capacity should be assessed in relation to health care interventions.
published_date 2012-12-31T18:25:58Z
_version_ 1821340397931069440
score 11.04748

Similar Items