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Mental incapacity and consent to treatment: the Scottish experience

John H. M. Crichton Department of Psychiatry, Lecturer in Forensic Psychiatry, Edinburgh University, Kennedy Tower,Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Edinburgh, EH10 5HF
Pages 457-464 | Published online: 09 Dec 2010

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