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Consent and the mentally handicapped

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Julian H. Race*
Affiliation:
Academic Sub-Department of Psychological Medicine in North Wales North Wales Hospital, Denbigh, Clwyd LL16 5SS
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1990

References

Bicknell, J. (1989) Consent and people with mental handicap. British Medical Journal, 299, 1176.Google Scholar
Browne, R. (1985) Mental Health Act 1983 (Consent to treatment): a personal view (letter). Bulletin of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, 9, 203.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
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