Legal aspects of mental capacity : a practical guide for health and social care professionals /
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| Format: | Electrònic eBook |
| Idioma: | anglès |
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Chichester, West Sussex ; Hoboken, NJ :
John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated,
2016.
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| Edició: | Second edition. |
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| Accés en línia: | An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view |
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Taula de continguts:
- Introduction : anatomy of the Mental Capacity Act and its terms
- Background to the legal system and the Mental Capacity Act
- Human rights and statutory principles for governing decision making
- Definition of mental capacity
- Making decisions in the best interests of others
- Lasting powers of attorney
- Court of Protection, court appointed deputies, the Office of the Public Guardian and visitors
- Independent mental capacity advocates
- Advance decisions
- Research
- Protection of vulnerable adults and accountability
- Children and young persons
- Mental capacity and mental disorder
- Deprivation of liberty safeguards (DOLS)
- Organ and tissue removal, storage and use
- The informal carer
- Implementation, resources, and code of practice
- Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland
- The future.