Mental capacity assessment for terminally ill adults requesting physician assisted suicide : a qualitative study using a grounded theory approach

This thesis explores the issue of mental capacity assessment for terminally ill adults requesting physician assisted suicide. A grounded theory approach was used to explore the perspectives of senior doctors on assessment of mental capacity for this group. Twenty four doctors (nine psychiatrists, ei...

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Main Author: Price, Annabel
Other Authors: Cribb, Alan ; Farsides, Calliope
Published: King's College London (University of London) 2016
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.695832