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‘Mentally Incapacitated Adults and Decision Making’: implications of the Law Commission consultation paper for old age psychiatrists
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 January 2018
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Old age psychiatrists' main concern with regard to incapacity is with patients with dementia. Dementia is predominantly a disorder of old age, probably affecting over half a million people in the UK, and it inevitably affects decision-making capacity. The 1983 Mental Health Act does not appear to have been framed with particular consideration for this group and it is vital that any new laws pay special attention to people with dementia.
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