Legal aspects of mental capacity : a practical guide for health and social care professionals / Bridgit Dimond.
Publisher: Chichester, West Sussex ; Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2016Edition: Second editionDescription: 1 online resource (738 pages)Content type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781119045342 (paperback)
- 9781119238874
- 9781119045359 (e-book)
- 344.4104/4 23
- KD737 .D56 2016eb
eBooks
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Description based on print version record.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.