Index card In re A (Capacity: Refusal of Contraception)

In re A (Capacity: Refusal of Contraception)

Hearings

England & Wales

24 Jun 2010 [2010] EWHC 1549 (Fam); [2011] Fam 61; [2011] 2 WLR 878; [2011] PTSR 435; [2011] 2 All ER 706; [2011] 1 FLR 26, Ct of Protection (Bodey J)

Subject Matter

MENTAL DISORDER — Medical treatment, consent to — Capacity — Vulnerable adult refusing contraceptive treatment — Whether capacity to refuse treatment — Whether test of capacity limited to understanding of immediate medical issues surrounding contraceptive treatment or including understanding of wider social issues involved in child rearing — Whether in vulnerable adult's best interests to receive contraceptive treatment — Mental Capacity Act 2005, ss 1, 2, 3

[2010] EWHC 1549 (Fam); [2011] Fam 61; [2011] 2 WLR 878; [2011] PTSR 435; [2011] 2 All ER 706; [2011] 1 FLR 26, Ct of Protection

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