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[http://www.adrtnhs.co.uk Advance Decisions To Refuse Treatment (ADRT)] - NHS website set up by interested professionals | [http://www.adrtnhs.co.uk Advance Decisions To Refuse Treatment (ADRT)] - NHS website set up by interested professionals | ||
[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/8821226/Emergency-staff-to-be-told-if-you-want-to-live-or-die.html Robert Winnett, 'Emergency staff to be told if you want to live or die' (Telegraph, 11/10/11)] | |||
[[Category:Mental Capacity Act 2005 provisions]] | [[Category:Mental Capacity Act 2005 provisions]] | ||
Revision as of 17:37, 10 December 2011
Under MCA 2005 s24 and s25 a person with capacity to do so can make an advance decision to refuse specified treatment, which takes effect when he loses capacity.
External link
Advance Decisions To Refuse Treatment (ADRT) - NHS website set up by interested professionals
Robert Winnett, 'Emergency staff to be told if you want to live or die' (Telegraph, 11/10/11)
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