Faith, ethics and Section 63 of the Mental Health Act 1983 [Special articles]

This article analyses a unique court judgment involving a detained Jehovah's Witness patient who had made an advance decision refusing blood transfusions but who self-inflicted lacerations resulting in blood loss. Core issues within the case involved capacity to consent to treatment and the ethics of treating or not treating patients in such cases.
Source: Psychiatric Bulletin - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Tags: Special articles Source Type: research