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Going to court too soon

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A court decides whether a patient should continue to be intubated.
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/HealthProfessionals/Clinical-law-updates/Going-to-court-too-soon.aspx

Determining incapacity

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Five years ago, a judge's decision provided us with helpful guidance on how to diagnose incapacity.
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/HealthProfessionals/Clinical-law-updates/Determining-incapacity.aspx

Articulating best interests

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We are all well aware that adults with capacity make their own treatment decisions. There is no call to determine the
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/HealthProfessionals/Clinical-law-updates/Articulating-best-interests.aspx

Deprivation of liberty safeguards (DOLS) at UHS

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The DOLS regulations were enacted to ensure that incapacitated adults are not deprived of their liberty by NHS Trusts.
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/HealthProfessionals/Clinical-law-updates/Deprivationoflibertysafeguards(DOLS)atUHS.aspx

No explicit guidance where a parent opposes a competent child's consent to treatment

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Dr Wheeler considers what should be done when a child provides consent for treatment, but their parent opposes it.
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/HealthProfessionals/Clinical-law-updates/No-explicit-guidance-where-a-parent-opposes-childs-consent-to-treatment.aspx

Vulnerable with capacity

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Are there situations where a capacitous patient is nonetheless vulnerable to adverse decision making?
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/HealthProfessionals/Clinical-law-updates/Vulnerable-with-capacity.aspx

Reasons for refusing blood

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Five years ago, a judge's decision provided us with helpful guidance on how to diagnose incapacity.
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/HealthProfessionals/Clinical-law-updates/Reasons-for-refusing-blood.aspx

Nasogastric tubes: a narrow dispute

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Mr W, a 77 year old man with end stage dementia, lacked capacity to make decisions about his treatment.
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/HealthProfessionals/Clinical-law-updates/Nasogastric-tubes-a-narrow-dispute.aspx

But all life is an experiment

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Underlying the decision made in this case were words from an American court a century ago: 'All life is an experiment'
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/HealthProfessionals/Clinical-law-updates/But-all-life-is-an-experiment.aspx

Consult parents: Then the court

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When parental responsibility has been curtailed by the local authority, while those adults remain legal parents, they must be consulted on
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/HealthProfessionals/Clinical-law-updates/Consult-parents-Then-the-court.aspx
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