Factors impacting on the capacity to consent in people with learning disabilities

By: Dye, Linda.
Contributor(s): Hare, Dougal Julian | Hendy, Steve.
Series: Tizard Learning Disability Review 8 (3) 2003: 11-20.Publisher: 2003Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume Subject(s): CONSENT | INFORMED CONSENT | COMPREHENSION | DECISION MAKING | COMMUNICATIONSummary: Reviews the main factors that affect an individual's capacity to consent. Suggests that a person's capacity to consent is considered to be affected by three main processes: comprehension, decision-making and communication. Discusses the difficulties people with intellectual disabilities have in these processes.
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Reviews the main factors that affect an individual's capacity to consent. Suggests that a person's capacity to consent is considered to be affected by three main processes: comprehension, decision-making and communication. Discusses the difficulties people with intellectual disabilities have in these processes.

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