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Capacity legislation for Ireland: filling the legislative gaps

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2014

Peter Leonard  and
Martin McLaughlin
Peter Leonard
Affiliation:
St Joseph's Intellectual Disability Service, St Ita's Hospital, Portrane, Donabate, Co. Dublin
Martin McLaughlin
Affiliation:
The Daughters of Charity, St Vincent's Centre, Navan Rd, Dublin 7 and Consultant Psychiatrist, St Patrick's Hospital, Dublin 2, Ireland
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Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine , Volume 26 , Issue 4 , December 2009 , pp. 165 - 168
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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