Legal Aspects of Mental Capacity

Legal Aspects of Mental Capacity

A Practical Guide for Health and Social Care Professionals

Dimond, Bridgit C.

John Wiley and Sons Ltd

04/2016

376

Mole

Inglês

9781119045342

15 a 20 dias

Highly Commended in Health and social care in the 2017 BMA Medical Book Awards The Mental Capacity Act (2005) regulates decision making processes on behalf of adults who are unable to give informed consent, due to a loss in mental capacity (be that from birth, or due to an illness or injury at some point in their lives).
Preface vi Acknowledgements vii Table of cases viii Table of statutes xiv Glossary xvii List of abbreviations xxii 1 Introduction: Anatomy of the Mental Capacity Act and its terms 1 2 Background to the legal system and the Mental Capacity Act 8 3 Human rights and statutory principles for governing decision making 19 4 Definition of mental capacity 31 5 Making decisions in the best interests of others 49 6 Lasting powers of attorney 77 7 Court of Protection, court-appointed deputies, the Office of the Public Guardian, and visitors 105 8 Independent mental capacity advocates 135 9 Advance decisions 163 10 Research 182 11 Protection of vulnerable adults and accountability 199 12 Children and young persons 229 13 Mental capacity and mental disorder 239 14 Deprivation of liberty safeguards 253 15 Organ and tissue removal, storage, and use 279 16 The informal carer 289 17 Implementation, resources, and Code of Practice 305 18 Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland 318 19 The future 330 Websites 332 Answers to quick fire quizzes 335 Recommended further reading 344 Index 346
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