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Consent
Definition in Statutory Guidance
From:
Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Code of Practice
Agreeing to a course of action – specifically in this document, to a care plan or treatment regime. For consent to be legally valid, the person giving it must have the capacity to take the decision, have been given sufficient information to make the decision, and not have been under any duress or inappropriate pressure.
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