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Mental capacity, good practice and the cyclical consent process in research involving vulnerable people (2006)
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Sellman, D., Norman, R., & Warner, C. (2006). Mental capacity, good practice and the cyclical consent process in research involving vulnerable people. Clinical Ethics, 1(4), 228-233. https://doi.org/10.1258/147775006779151085

The Mental Capacity Act 2005 gives statutory force to the common law principle that all adults are assumed to have capacity to make decisions unless proven otherwise. In accord with best practice, this principle places the evidential burden on resear... Read More about Mental capacity, good practice and the cyclical consent process in research involving vulnerable people.