Healthcare and decision-making in dementia Consent to medical
treatment Article 8 (the right to refuse treatment) of the Law
on the Rights of Patients and Compensation of the Damage to
their Health of 1996 (RPCDH) states that patients may not be
treated or provided with any other health or nursing care
against their will, unless otherwise established by the laws of
the Republic of Lithuania. If the possibility exists, patients
must be offered other treatment or other health care services
(§1). §4 of the same article states that „the Law on Mental
Health Care shall establish the nature of treatment of a
patient, mental patient, who is unable to correctly assess the
condition of his/her own health.“ Consent to treatment in case
of incapacity Article 6.744 (3) covers consent to treatment in
cases where a patient lacks the necessary capacity to consent
and does not have a curator or guardian. In such cases, there is
a hierarchy of people authorised to consent on the person’s
behalf: first, the person authorised i