Description
Book SynopsisLEGAL ASPECTS OF MENTAL CAPACITY A Practical Guide for Health and Social Care Professionals
SECOND EDITION
Praise for the first edition:
Invaluable in negotiating the legal minefield that surrounds the complicated issue of mental capacity.
Mental Health Practice
In Dimond's Legal Aspects of Mental Capacity, we find a well-crafted reference book that goes beyond mere presentation of the law and relevant regulations.
Metapsychology
The Mental Capacity Act (2005) regulates decision-making processes on behalf of adults who are unable to give informed consent due to a loss in mental capacity (be that from birth or due to an illness or injury at some point in their lives). Since the act's implementation, the new Court of Protection has been firmly established, and there have been significant Supreme Court cases, as well as further guidance on the 2005 Act and major developments in the use and assessment
Table of Contents
Preface vi
Acknowledgements vii
Table of cases viii
Table of statutes xiv
Glossary xvii
List of abbreviations xxii
1 Introduction: Anatomy of the Mental Capacity Act and its terms 1
2 Background to the legal system and the Mental Capacity Act 8
3 Human rights and statutory principles for governing decision making 19
4 Definition of mental capacity 31
5 Making decisions in the best interests of others 49
6 Lasting powers of attorney 77
7 Court of Protection, court-appointed deputies, the Office of the Public Guardian, and visitors 105
8 Independent mental capacity advocates 135
9 Advance decisions 163
10 Research 182
11 Protection of vulnerable adults and accountability 199
12 Children and young persons 229
13 Mental capacity and mental disorder 239
14 Deprivation of liberty safeguards 253
15 Organ and tissue removal, storage, and use 279
16 The informal carer 289
17 Implementation, resources, and Code of Practice 305
18 Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland 318
19 The future 330
Websites 332
Answers to quick fire quizzes 335
Recommended further reading 344
Index 346
