References

  1. Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000: Code of Practice (2002) para 1.6.
  2. Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000: Communication and Assessing Capacity: A Guide for Social Work and Health Care Staff (2007).
  3. Re C (adult: refusal of medical treatment) [1994]
  4. Mental Capacity Act 2005: Code of Practice.
  5. GMC, 0–18 Years: Guidance for All Doctors (2007).
  6. GMC, Consent: Patients and Doctors Making Decisions Together (June 2008) para 8.
  7. GMC, Consent: Patients and Doctors Making Decisions Together (June 2008) para 14.
  8. GMC, Consent: Patients and Doctors Making Decisions Together (June 2008) para 42.
  9. GMC, Withholding and Withdrawing Life-Prolonging Treatments: Good Practice in Decision-Making (2002)
  10. Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000: Explanatory Notes, para 171.
  11. GMC, Research: The Role and Responsibilities of Doctors (2002), para 
  12. GMC, Consent: Patients and Doctors Making Decisions Together (June 2008) para 49.
  13. Beatty v. Cullingworth, 44 CENT. L. J. 153 (Q.B. 1896)(unreported)
  14. Hatcher v Black, The Times 2 July (1954)
  15. Canterbury v Spence (1972) 464 F (2nd) 772
  16. Sidaway v Governors of Bethlem Royal Hospital [1985] 1 All 643
  17. Roger v Whitaker (1992) 175 CLR 479
  18. Chester v Afshar [2004] UKHL 41.
  19. Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000, section 6.
  20. Scottish Government, Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000: Communication and Assessing Capacity: A Guide for Social Work and Health Care Staff (October 2007).
  21. Mental Capacity Act 2005, section 2.
  22. Mental Capacity Act 2005, section 3.

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