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Read the explanatory guidance
Consent guidance
Part 3: Capacity issues
Consent guidance: Part 3: Capacity issues
Subsections:
The legal framework (62-63)
Presumption of capacity (64-65)
Maximising a patient's ability to make decisions (66-70)
Assessing capacity (71-74)
Making decisions when a patient lacks capacity (75-76)
Advanced care planning (para 57 - 61)
The legal framework (para 62 - 63)
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Consent guidance
Contents
How the guidance applies to you
Part 1: Principles
Part 2: Making decisions about investigations and treatment
Part 3: Capacity issues
Legal framework
Presumption of capacity
Maximising patients' ability to decide
Assessing capacity
When a patient lacks capacity
Resolving disagreements
The scope of treatment in emergencies
Legal annex
Endnotes: Consent
Cosmetic interventions
Delegation and referral (2013)
Doctors' use of social media (2013)
Ending your professional relationship with a patient (2013)
End of life care
Financial and commercial arrangements and conflicts of interest (2013)
Intimate examinations and chaperones (2013)
Leadership and management for all doctors (2012)
Making and using visual and audio recordings of patients
Maintaining a professional boundary between you and your patient (2013)
Openness and honesty when things go wrong
Patients seeking advice or information about assistance to die
Personal beliefs and medical practice (2013)
Prescribing and managing medicines and devices (2013)
Protecting children and young people
Raising and acting on concerns about patient safety (2012)
Reporting criminal and regulatory proceedings
Research: Consent to research
Research: Good practice in research
Responsible consultants or clinicians
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Writing references (2012)
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