{"product_id":"assessing-mental-capacity-a-handbook-to-guide-professionals-from-basic-to-advanced-practice-mathematics-and-its-applications-9781138102774","title":"Assessing Mental Capacity A Handbook to Guide","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis practical, how-to handbook provides essential resources to help clinicians and other professionals assess mental capacity in key decisions. The book illustrates the basics of capacity assessments before discussing a variety of complex issues of which professionals will need to be aware. Offering expertise from a multi-disciplinary perspective, the book provides hands-on coverage of mental capacity law (concentrating on England and Wales). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is accompanied by online resources including semi-structured interviews and a multi-disciplinary team (MDT) questionnaire which can be downloaded and used for clinical cases, as well as further examples, information and tips. Please visit www.assessingcapacity.com. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapters are written by a variety of different professionals with extensive experience in the assessment of mental capacity. Coverage includes:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplanations of mental capacity law and how to put it into practice across a range of settings, services and populations\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eA how to approach for administering assessments of mental capacity both for professionals who are new to the area and for more experienced professionals \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eInformation on practical aspects of assessing mental capacity for commonly occurring decisions and for more specialist and complex decisions\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eConsideration of the best interests process and Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS).\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith easily accessible information, case studies, examples from case law and internationally relevant discussions on ethical issues, this is the perfect companion to help busy professionals understand complex concepts relating to mental capacity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"A really useful summary of the relevant information and legal guidance coupled with practical tips, cautionary notes and points to remember when assessing mental capacity. It provides illustrative examples of common decisions in clinical practice and discusses complex situations such as high risk decisions, the ‘frontal lobe paradox’, and refusals to engage with the assessment of mental capacity. This book will be a helpful resource for practitioners both for those new to assessments of mental capacity and for those with more experience.\" \u003c\/em\u003e– \u003cstrong\u003eDr Camilla Herbert, Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 1. Getting Started\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1. Mental Capacity Past, Present and Future: An Overview \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 2. Some Basic Concepts of the Mental Capacity Act (2005): What You Need to Know\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 3. Legal Perspectives on Practical Capacity Concerns\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 4. International Perspectives on Mental Capacity Law\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 2. Factors to Consider\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 5. Psychosocial Aspects of Decision-Making and the Assessment of Mental Capacity\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 6. A Functional Perspective to Information Gathering, Risk Assessment and Insight-Building\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 7. Information Relevant to the Decision: Deciding What the Person Needs to Know, and to What Extent, in Order to be Able to Make a Decision\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 8. Introducing a Capacity Assessment to the Person, Family and Carers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 9. How to Provide Relevant Information and Enhance Mental Capacity\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 10. Capacity Assessment and Cognitive Impairment\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 11. Communication in the Context of Assessing Mental Capacity\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 12. Using a Semi-Structured Interview to Assess Capacity\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 3. Specific Decisions and Conditions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 13. Capacity to Consent to Medical Procedures \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 14. Advance Care Planning\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 15. Capacity Assessment for Swallowing Disorders and Feeding Management\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 16. Assessing Capacity in Relation to a Change of Residence or Accommodation and Care Needs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 17. Assessing Capacity to Consent to Sexual Relations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 18. Assessing Capacity to Manage Financial Affairs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 19. Assessing Capacity in Relation to Signing a Tenancy Agreement\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 20. The Courtroom: Capacity to Litigate, Fitness to Plead and Fitness to be a Witness\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 21. Assessing the Mental Capacity of People Living with Dementia: Getting Practice Right\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 4. Complex Situations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 22. What to do When Someone Says One Thing, but Does Another: Capacity to Make a Decision and Put it Into Practice\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 23. Assessment of Mental Capacity to Make High-Risk Decisions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 24. Assessing Mental Capacity When the Decision Needs to be Made Urgently\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 25. Mental Capacity Assessment: What to do When Someone is Refusing to Engage or is Ambivalent\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 26. Changes in Capacity Over Time and in Different Situations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 27. Involving Friends, Family and Other Professionals in the Assessment of Mental Capacity and the Best Interests Process and Dealing with Any Potential Conflict\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 5. Issues related to the Mental Capacity Act (2005)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 28. Capacity Assessment, Deprivation of Liberty and the Liberty Protection Safeguards\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 29. Best Interests Decisions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 30. The Mental Capacity Act’s Interaction with Other Legislation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 6. Additional Considerations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 31. Ethical Issues in Capacity Assessments and their Outcomes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 32. Assessing Capacity for the Court or as an Independent Practitioner \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 33. Teaching and Training Capacity Assessors\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendices\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd (Sales)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019457986903,"sku":"9781138102774","price":35.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781138102774.jpg?v=1750780335","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/assessing-mental-capacity-a-handbook-to-guide-professionals-from-basic-to-advanced-practice-mathematics-and-its-applications-9781138102774","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}