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The discrepancy between the legal definition of capacity and the British Medical Association’s guidelines
- Correspondence to: Dr J Tan The Ethox Centre, University of Oxford Old Road Campus, Old Road, Headington, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX3 7LF, UK; jacinta.tanethox.ox.ac.uk
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The discrepancy between the legal definition of capacity and the British Medical Association’s guidelines
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- Received February 21, 2003
- Accepted August 4, 2003
- Revised June 9, 2003
- First published October 5, 2004.
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April 27, 2016
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Copyright 2004 by the Journal of Medical Ethics
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