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A Clinician’s Brief Guide to the Mental Capacity Act
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Artikel-Nr:
9781909726420
Veröffentl:
2022
Einband:
Paperback
Erscheinungsdatum:
02.08.2022
Seiten:
146
Autor:
Nick Brindle
Gewicht:
223 g
Format:
229x152x8 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
About the editors: Dr Nick Brindle - Old Age Consultant Psychiatrist, The Mount (Mental Health Centre), Leeds. Dr Tim Branton - Old Age Consultant Psychiatrist, The Mount, Leeds and a former Associate Medical Director for Mental Health Legislation, Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. Dr Alison Stansfield - Consultant Psychiatrist, Aire Court Community Unit, Leeds and Associate Medical Director for Learning Disabilities and Clinical Lead for Leeds Autism Diagnostic Service Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. Dr Tony Zigmond - Consultant Psychiatrist and retired Senior Clinical Lecturer, University of Leeds.
This easy-to-read book explains the nuts and bolts of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 that clinicians need to understand and use in their daily practice. This Act now gives all clinicians the authority to provide medical care and treatment for people over 16 years of age who lack the capacity to consent for themselves.
Preface to the first edition; Preface to the second edition; Common abbreviations and terms; 1. The legal framework: the Mental Capacity Act, the Human Rights Act and common law; 2. The Mental Capacity Act and the authority to treat; 3. Assessment of capacity; 4. Best interests; 5. Alternative authority - planning for the future; 6. Independent mental capacity advocates and regulation of research; 7. Deprivation of liberty safeguards; 8. The Court of Protection, clinically relevant judgments from the courts and writing reports; The Mental Health Act; References; Index.