Letter

Honouring advance decisions

You don't in psychiatry

BMJ 2007; 335 doi: 10.1136/bmj.39381.503287.BE (Published 1 November 2007)
Cite this as: BMJ 2007;335:900.1

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  1. Thomas Szasz, professor emeritus of psychiatry
  1. SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York 13210
  1. tszasz{at}aol.com

    Dyer reports, “A new statutory right for patients to say in advance what treatments they would want to refuse if they later lose the capacity to take decisions came into force this week. Doctors will have to abide …

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