Avril Macpherson

Consultant/Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer in Special Care Dentistry, Special Care Dentistry Department, Liverpool University Dental Hospital, Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen Hospitals NHS Trust, Pembroke Place, Liverpool L3 5PS, UK

Consent and capacity – considerations for the dental team part 2: adults lacking capacity

Capacity is the ability of an individual to make a particular decision.1 Capacity is decision and time specific, and is determined by the type of decision, understanding of consequences, and ability...