Legal Aspects of Mental Capacity: A Practical Guide for Health and Social Care Professionals

A thoroughly updated, highly practical guide to the Mental Capacity Act. – Essential reading for a wide range of practitioners and students within health and social care who need to understand and work within the Act – Contains a range of learning features, including scenarios, questions and answers, key summary points, and applications for practice INDICE: Table of cases .Table of statutes .Glossary .List of abbreviations .Preface .Acknowledgements .Chapter 1 Introduction: Anatomy of the Mental Capacity Act and its Terms .Chapter 2 Background to the Legal System and the Mental Capacity Act .Chapter 3 Human Rights and Statutory Principles for Governing Decision Making .Chapter 4 Definition of Mental Capacity .Chapter 5 Making Decisions in the Best Interests of Others .Chapter 6 Lasting Powers of Attorney .Chapter 7 Court of Protection, Court Appointed Deputies, the Office of the Public Guardian and Visitors .Chapter 8 Independent Mental Capacity Advocates .Chapter 9 Advance Decisions .Chapter 10 Research .Chapter 11 Protection of Vulnerable Adults and Accountability .Chapter 12 Children and Young Persons .Chapter 13 Mental Capacity and Mental Disorder .Chapter 14 Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DOLS) .Chapter 15 Organ and Tissue Removal, Storage and Use .Chapter 16 The Informal Carer .Chapter 17 Implementation, Resources and Code of Practice .Chapter 18 Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland .Chapter 19 The Future .Websites .Recommended further reading .Index

• ISBN: 978-1-119-04534-2
• Editorial: Wiley–Blackwell
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 456
• Fecha Publicación: 13/05/2016
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés