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Consent Element Learning Outcomes: -Explain the four criteria required for consent to be valid -Discuss the importance of consent in the practice of medicine -Describe the rights of a capacitous patient as regards refusal of, preference for and demanding of treatment -Explain the criteria for adult capacity, and incapacity (under the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act (2000)) -Recognise some of the difficulties that can arise when trying to assess capacity -Explain how decisions can be made on behalf of a patient who lacks capacity -Outline what is meant by a Gillick-competent patient -Describe some of the difficulties around the area of informed consent in practice
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