Assisted Decision Making Capacity Amendment Bill 2017 Archives

The Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2017

11th July 201910th July 2019 by Niamh O'Connor

Today, July 10th, Senator Máire Devine is moving a Bill through the Seanad. The Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2017 will ensure involuntary patients in hospital for mental heath treatment will have their Advance Healthcare Directives respected. Currently, involuntary mental health patients are the only group in Ireland who are excluded from having Advance Healthcare … Read more

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