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Dealing with capacity and the law

‘What should the duty nurse do when a relative arrives unannounced in the ward with a bunch of papers for an elderly, frail patient to sign?” asks Nick O’Neill. This he says is just one of many familiar situations people face where the capacity of individuals to make crucial choices about their lives is open to question.

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