Open AccessLiving wills and the Mental Capacity Act: a postal questionnaire survey of UK geriatricians
Author(s) -
Rebekah Schiff,
Peter Sacares,
Jane Snook,
Chakravarthi Rajkumar,
Christopher J. Bulpitt
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
age and ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1468-2834
pISSN - 0002-0729
DOI - 10.1093/ageing/afj035
Subject(s) - living wills , medicine , power of attorney , mental capacity , geriatrics , mental health , gerontology , nursing , family medicine , health care , law , psychiatry , political science
To determine geriatricians' experience of and views on living wills, National Health Service Trusts' support of advance end-of-life health care planning and geriatricians' views on related legal changes in the Mental Capacity Act.
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