Legal aspects of mental capacity : a practical guide for health and social care professionals /

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Hovedforfatter: Dimond, Bridgit (Author)
Format: Electronisk eBog
Sprog:engelsk
Udgivet: Chichester, West Sussex ; Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2016.
Udgivelse:Second edition.
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Indholdsfortegnelse:
  • 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.