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The UK Mental Capacity Act and consent to research participation: asking the right question
- Correspondence to Prof Paul Willner, Department of Psychology, Swansea University, Swansea, SA2 8PP, UK. ; p.willner{at}swansea.ac.uk
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The UK Mental Capacity Act and consent to research participation: asking the right question
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- Received October 14, 2016
- Revised March 16, 2017
- Accepted July 11, 2017
- First published August 5, 2017.
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December 18, 2017
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