Clinical practice involves doing things to, and for, other people. Touching, undressing, examining and medicating another person require some legal authority. Depending on the circumstances, that authority is established in England and Wales within the common law, the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA), the Mental Health Act 1983 (MHA) and, underpinning it all, the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) as incorporated into the Human Rights Act 1998.
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