• Br J Community Nurs · Dec 2018

    Seeking an order to withdraw treatment from the Court of Protection.

    • Richard Griffith.
    • Senior Lecturer in Health Law, College of Health Science, Swansea University.
    • Br J Community Nurs. 2018 Dec 2; 23 (12): 615-617.

    AbstractThe Court of Protection is the specialist court that makes decisions in relation to people who lack decision-making capacity. In this article, Richard Griffith considers the powers of the Court of Protection and discusses when it might be necessary for a district nurse to seek an order from the court in relation to the care or treatment of a patient.

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