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Legal aspects of mental capacity

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Dimond, Bridgit.
Corporate Authors: Wiley InterScience (Online service)
Published:
Literature type: Electronic eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
Great Britain. > Mental Capacity Act 2005.
Mental health laws > Great Britain.
Capacity and disability > Great Britain.
Capacity and disability.
Mental health laws.
Mental Competency > legislation & jurisprudence > Great Britain.
Informed Consent > legislation & jurisprudence > Great Britain.
LAW > Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
Great Britain.
Electronic books.
Online Access: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9780470697665
Carrier Form: xxvii, 417 p. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 410-411) and index.
Includes web resources.
ISBN: 9780470697665
0470697660
9780470698082 (electronic bk.)
047069808X (electronic bk.)
Index Number: KD737
CLC: D956.13
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 -- Organ and tissue removal, storage and use -- The informal carer -- Wales -- Implementation, resources, and code of practice -- Postscript.

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