PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Jonathan Akinsanya AU - Paul Diggory AU - Elizabeth Heitz AU - Valerie Jones TI - Assessing capacity and obtaining consent for thrombolysis for acute stroke AID - 10.7861/clinmedicine.9-3-239 DP - 2009 Jun 01 TA - Clinical Medicine PG - 239--241 VI - 9 IP - 3 4099 - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/9/3/239.short 4100 - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/9/3/239.full SO - Clin Med2009 Jun 01; 9 AB - When offering treatment to a patient with capacity they should be informed of the risks and benefits of therapy and consent should be obtained. For patients without capacity, treatment is given in their ‘best interests’. Achieving and assessing capacity to consent for treatment in the presence of acute illness can be difficult and especially so in patients suffering with acute stroke. This article presents patients’ and doctors’ perspectives on assessing capacity to consent to thrombolytic therapy for stroke.