Montgomery and shared decision-making: implications for good psychiatric practice.

Adshead, Gwen; Crepaz-Keay, David; Deshpande, Mayura; Fulford, K W M Bill; Richards, Veryan · Br J Psychiatry · 2018

editorial · Level V

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Abstract

The 2015 Supreme Court judgment in Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board [2015] UKSC 11 established that consent to medical treatment requires shared decision-making based on dialogue between the clinician and patient. In this editorial, we examine what Montgomery means for standards of good psychiatric practice, and argue that it represents an opportunity for delivering best practice in psychiatric care.Declaration of interestNone.

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