My response to 'Assessment of decision-making capacity in patients requesting assisted suicide'

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Lachlan Campbell. Br J Psychiatry. 2019 Mar.

. 2019 Mar;214(3):173.

doi: 10.1192/bjp.2018.240.

¹ Consultant Psychiatrist,Blackfriars Medico-Legal Consultancy,UK. Email:lach2929@googlemail.com.

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Assessment of decision-making capacity in patients requesting assisted suicide.
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Assessment of decision-making capacity in patients requesting assisted suicide.
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