Protocol for a scoping review to understand what is known about how GPs make decisions with, for and on behalf of patients who lack capacity.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

General Practitioners (GPs) and allied healthcare professionals working in primary care are regularly required to make decisions with, for and on behalf of patients who lack capacity. In England and Wales, these decisions are made for incapacitated adult patients under the Mental Capacity Act 2005, which primarily requires that decisions are made in the patient's 'best interests'. Regarding children, decisions are also made in their best interests but are done so under the Children Act 1989, which places paramount importance on the welfare of the child. Decisions for children are usually made by parents, but a GP may become involved if he or she feels a parent is not acting in the best interests of the child. Internationally, including elsewhere in the UK, different ap

SUBMITTER: Ogden SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7577062 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature