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Consent to treatment
Competent adult patients have a fundamental right to give or to withhold consent to treatment. This area of the site contains comprehensive and up to date information about consent and includes guidance on specific issues such as treating children and adults who may lack the capacity to consent.
Questions and answers
- Questions and answers for PCDs - 1 May 2005
- Should I warn of wisdom tooth extraction risk? - 23 October 2002
- Consent for GP or GDP procedures - 23 October 2002
Advice articles
- Incapacity and the law in Scotland - 21 January 2010
- Dealing with dental tourism - 31 May 2008
- The Mental Capacity Act 2005 - 20 February 2008
- Written consent and FP17 forms - 23 January 2008
- The Mental Capacity Act - questions - 7 November 2007
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Case histories
- Difficult children - 3 July 2002
Advice calls
- Capacity - an ethical dilemma - 31 January 2008
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