Dimond B
University of Glamorgan.
Br J Nurs. 1998;7(10):594-5. doi: 10.12968/bjon.1998.7.10.17001.
The Court of Appeal has once again caused a flurry of consternation with its decision that patients incapable of giving consent to admission to psychiatric hospital must, if the statutory provisions are present, be admitted compulsorily under the Mental Health Act 1983. This article submits that this decision can only cause increased bureaucracy and distress for thousands of mentally incompetent adults. The long-term solution is for the Law Commission's proposals for decision making for mentally incompetent adults to be enacted.
上诉法院再次因其裁决引发了一阵恐慌，该裁决称，如果符合法定条款，无法同意入住精神病院的患者必须根据1983年《精神健康法》被强制收治。本文认为，这一裁决只会给数千名无行为能力的成年人带来更多的官僚程序和困扰。长期的解决办法是颁布法律委员会关于无行为能力成年人决策的提议。
