Consent, to treatment

Appelbaum PS, Grisso T. Assessing patients capacities to consent to treatment. N Engi J Med 1988 319 1635-1638. 

Roth LH, Meisel A, Lidz CW. Tests of competency to consent to treatment. Am J Psychiatry 1977 134 279-284. 

Jeste et al. (1993) emphasized, The potential seriousness of neuroleptic-induced TD warrants obtaining competent, informed consent to treatment from patients or guardians. They recommended that consent be periodically renewed and cited other sources to confirm their position. 

Discussion about tardive dyskinesia is necessary in the process of obtaining informed consent to treatment with neuroleptic drugs (SEDA-15, 46 SEDA-21, 42 SEDA-21, 45). The effect of education about tardive dyskinesia has been evaluated in 56 patients taking maintenance neuroleptic drugs, who completed a questionnaire assessing their knowledge of the condition (262). Education made patients more knowledgeable at 6 months, but had no effect on the clinical outcome. 

F. A. Rozovsky. 1990. Consent to Treatment A Practical Guide, 2d ed. Boston Little, Brown. 

Bernard D. Hirsch, Informed consent to treatment Medicolegal comment, in Albert Averbach and Melvin M. Belli (Eds.), Tort and Medical Yearbook, Vol. I, pp. 631-638. 

Who does it apply to Who authorises it Do consent to treatment provisions apply Duration... 

Consent to treatment law is complex and overlaps considerably with the MCA. In the MHA, consent to treatment issues are covered in Part IV and apply to patients detained under s2, 3,... 

In certain circumstances, people with PR can consent to treatment or informal admission for under-16s lacking conpetence (or 16-17 year olds lacking capacity). 

Detained under MHA Yes No Treat with written consent and certificate of consent to treatment signed by RC... 

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