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Definition in Statutory Guidance
of
Consent
from
Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Code of Practice
Source
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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