Legal aspects of mental capacity a practical guide for health and social care professionals / Bridgit Dimond.
| Author/creator | Dimond, Bridgit |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | Second edition. |
| Publication Info | Chichester, West Sussex ; Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2016. |
| Description | xxiii, 349 pages ; 25 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2016002291 |
| ISBN | 9781119045342 (paperback) |