3 , 6 Despite the low implementation of the Act, there is an increasing trend in the use of advance decisions and directives in mental healthcare. 12 In a recent survey of 554 patients with bipolar disorders, 199 (36.6%) participants were familiar with the Mental Capacity Act, 54 (10%) had an advance decision to refuse treatment and 62 (11%) had an advance statement for trea
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Advance decisions to refuse treatment and suicidal behaviour in emergency care: 'it's very much a step into the unknown'.
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