A large number of patients are unintentionally harmed by adverse events in health care environments and a range of policy initiatives have been developed to manage clinical risk. This chapter provides an overview of these ...

The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights is leading an initiative to draft a disability protocol. This is particularly important for persons with mental disability as the draft protocol makes specific provisions ...

The minimally conscious state (MCS) is a paradigmatic category of mental disability. Absent a valid and applicable advance refusal, all decisions must be made in patients’ “best interests.” This includes decisions about ...