Informed consent for capacity assessment

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dc.check.date05/01/2026en
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dc.contributor.authorO'Keeffe, Shaun T.en
dc.contributor.authorDonnelly, Maryen
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-19T16:00:43Z
dc.date.available2024-01-19T16:00:43Z
dc.date.issued2024-01-05en
dc.description.abstractIn this paper we examine the role of informed consent to capacity assessment, focussing primarily on the two jurisdictions of England and Wales, and Ireland. We argue that in both jurisdictions, a capacity assessment should be regarded as a distinct intervention, separate from the ‘original’ intervention at issue, and that specific informed consent to the assessment should generally be sought in advance. As part of this, we consider what information should be provided so as to ensure informed consent. Having established a baseline requirement for informed consent, we also recognise that informed consent to assessment will not always be possible, either because the person is unable to understand the information about assessment or because the person refuses to be assessed and so, in the final part of the article, we explore how to proceed when informed consent is either not possible or not forthcoming, including an analysis of the implications of the statutory presumption of capacity.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionAccepted Versionen
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dc.identifier.articleid101951en
dc.identifier.citationO'Keeffe, S. T. and Donnelly, M. (2024) 'Informed consent for capacity assessment', International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 92, 101951 (8pp). doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlp.2023.101951en
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.ijlp.2023.101951en
dc.identifier.endpage8en
dc.identifier.issn0160-2527en
dc.identifier.journaltitleInternational Journal of Law and Psychiatryen
dc.identifier.startpage1en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/15412
dc.identifier.volume92en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherElsevier Ltd.en
dc.rights© 2024, Elsevier Ltd. This manuscript version is made available under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license.en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.enen
dc.subjectDecision-making capacityen
dc.subjectCapacity assessmenten
dc.subjectInformed consenten
dc.subjectAssisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015en
dc.subjectMental Capacity Act 2005en
dc.subjectPresumption of capacityen
dc.titleInformed consent for capacity assessmenten
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
oaire.citation.volume92en
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