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Richard Griffith, Senior Lecturer in Health Law at Swansea University, discusses the importance of not allowing unreasonable family demands for care influence the determination of best interests for a person who lacks capacity.
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Competência Mental , Humanos , Universidades , Reino UnidoRESUMO
Richard Griffith, Senior Lecturer in Health Law at Swansea University, considers the notion of residual liberty and the need for further authorisation when a detained patient is given treatment for a physical disorder under restraint.
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Saúde Mental , Pessoas Mentalmente Doentes , Humanos , Pacientes , Restrição Física , UniversidadesRESUMO
Richard Griffith, Senior Lecturer in Health Law at Swansea University, considers two cases from the Upper Tribunal appeals chamber that clarify the application of the appropriate treatment test in the Mental Health Act 1983.
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Saúde Mental , Humanos , UniversidadesRESUMO
Richard Griffith, Senior Lecturer in Health Law at Swansea University, considers the implications of a recent Court of Protection ruling for nurses who undertake mental capacity assessments.
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Encéfalo , Competência Mental , Humanos , Reino UnidoRESUMO
Richard Griffith, Senior Lecturer in Health Law at Swansea University, discusses a UK Supreme Court decision that clarified which aftercare body was responsible for funding services under the Mental Health Act 1983.
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Assistência ao Convalescente , Saúde Mental , Humanos , UniversidadesRESUMO
Senior Lecturer in Health Law at Swansea University, considers the judgment in Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v JS [2023], which provides much needed clarity on the interface between the Mental Health Act 1983 and the Mental Capacity Act 2005 to authorise a deprivation of liberty.
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Competência Mental , Saúde Mental , Humanos , Reino UnidoRESUMO
Richard Griffith, Senior Lecturer in Health Law at Swansea University, considers the limits to personal autonomy using body modification to illustrate the legal principles of consent.
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Competência Mental , Autonomia Pessoal , Humanos , Universidades , Consentimento Livre e Esclarecido , Reino UnidoRESUMO
Richard Griffith, Senior Lecturer in Health Law at Swansea University, considers the role of the National Deprivation of Liberty Court in authorising care arrangements for children that amount to a deprivation of liberty.
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Competência Mental , Criança , Humanos , Reino UnidoRESUMO
Richard Griffith, Senior Lecturer in Health Law at Swansea University, discusses the requirement that acts and decisions made in a person's best interests are a necessary and proportionate interference in their life.
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Universidades , Humanos , Reino UnidoRESUMO
Richard Griffith, Senior Lecturer in Health Law at Swansea University, considers the use of hospital and limitation directions when sentencing a person with a mental disorder who has been found guilty of a crime.
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Saúde Mental , Transtornos Psicóticos , Humanos , Hospitais , Reino Unido , Competência MentalRESUMO
Richard Griffith, Senior Lecturer in Health Law at Swansea University, considers the availability of the special verdict and common law insanity defence in cases where a person with a mental disorder faces a criminal charge.
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Criminosos , Transtornos Psicóticos , HumanosRESUMO
Richard Griffith, Senior Lecturer in Health Law at Swansea University, considers the importance of accessible information when obtaining consent from patients.
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Consentimento Livre e Esclarecido , Gestão de Riscos , Humanos , Reino UnidoRESUMO
Richard Griffith, Senior Lecturer in Health Law at Swansea University, considers the concept of multiple jeopardy faced by nurses who are accused of unprofessional behaviour.
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Má Conduta Profissional , Humanos , Reino UnidoRESUMO
Richard Griffith, Senior Lecturer in Health Law at Swansea University, considers a recent decision of the Upper Tribunal that limits the use of leave of absence provisions when testing a detained patient's rehabilitation.
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Competência Mental , Saúde Mental , Humanos , Reino UnidoRESUMO
Richard Griffith, Senior Lecturer in Health Law at Swansea University, discusses this provision under the Mental Health Act 1983, to include physical disorders that are increasingly remote from the person's mental disorder.