Legal decisions on longstanding severe eating disorders

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Jacinta Tan · Lighthouse Guild

Emma Cave · Durham University

Alex Ruck Keene · King's College London

Nikola Kern · South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Adaeze Bradshaw · Media Working Group

Jess Griffiths · Media Working Group

Rachel Jenkins ·

Abstract

The treatment of longstanding severe eating disorders is a public concern amid rising service pressures and legal cases. These cases raise complex issues about the interface between legislative schemes, restrictive practices, best interests, treatment refusal and potential interaction with assisted dying legislation, when patients lack capacity yet clearly express wishes.

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Eating Disorders and Behaviors Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes

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Published in: The British Journal of Psychiatry

DOI: 10.1192/bjp.2025.10490

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Legal decisions on longstanding severe eating disorders

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