The introduction of a legal framework for advance directives in the UN CRPD era: the views of Irish service users and consultant psychiatrists

FE Morrissey - Ethics, Medicine and Public Health, 2015 - Elsevier
Summary The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN
CRPD) requires us to engage in new approaches to mental health decision-making and to
develop a range of support strategies. Advance directives (ADs) are considered to be
appropriate measures for supporting legal capacity by enabling individuals to clearly state
their 'will and preferences' in a legal document and to appoint a trusted person to
communicate these wishes. This article examines the issues arising in relation to the …
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