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Competency and consent to medical treatment
- Authors:
- MENCAP, NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR MENTALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN AND ADULTS
- Publisher:
- Mencap
- Publication year:
- 1989
- Pagination:
- 24p.
- Place of publication:
- London
A contribution to the debate about the means by which decisions on medical treatment should be taken in the interests of those who are not, or are not wholly, competent to decide for themselves on the acceptance or refusal of treatment
'Quality of life' and medical decision making for adults with profound and multiple learning disabilities
- Author:
- MENCAP
- Publisher:
- Mencap
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 13p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
People with profound and multiple learning disabilities must have the same entitlement to medical treatment as anyone else. The existence of a learning disability does not justify different standards of medical treatment. If quality of life criteria are relevant they should be applied to a person with a learning disability in the same manner as to a person without a disability. People may value and enjoy living a life we would not choose for ourselves. Considerations of ‘quality of life’ are only relevant in the context of the gravity of illness and do not concern the degree or nature of a person’s disability.
Involve me: practical guide: how to involve people with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD) in decision-making and consultation
- Authors:
- MENCAP, BRITISH INSTITUTE OF LEARNING DISABILITIES, RENTON FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Mencap
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 72p.
- Place of publication:
- London
People with profound and multiple learning disabilities are some of the most excluded in society. The Involve Me project focuses on how to involve them in decision-making and consultation. This guide to how to involve people with profound and multiple learning disabilities is partly based on an independent evaluation of the Involve Me project. It includes a description of the 4 Involve Me sites and approaches to involvement, and a summary of recommendations from the evaluation. The guide covers involvement in choice and decision-making, capacity and consent for people with profound and multiple learning disabilities, the key Involve Me messages, and information about the accompanying DVD resource which contains information and materials to support the Involve Me key messages.
Involve me: increasing the involvement of people with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD) in decision-making and consultation
- Authors:
- MENCAP, BRITISH INSTITUTE OF LEARNING DISABILITIES, RENTON FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Mencap
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 15p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Involve Me project focuses on how to involve people with profound and multiple learning disabilities in decision-making and consultation. It defines people with multiple learning disabilities as those who have more than one disability, have a profound learning disability, have great difficulty communicating, need high levels of support, may have additional sensory or physical disabilities or complex health needs or mental health difficulties, and may have challenging behaviours. This short booklet provides a summary of the project, the 8 key Involve Me messages, and what is on the accompanying Involve Me DVD resource.