Legal aspects of mental capacity [[electronic resource] /] / Bridgit Dimond

• Autore: Dimond Bridgit
• Pubblicazione: Oxford, U.K. ; ; Malden, Mass., : Blackwell Pub., 2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (450 p.)
• Disciplina: 344.4104/4; 346.410138
• Soggetto topico: Mental health laws - Great Britain; Capacity and disability - Great Britain
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction: anatomy of the act and the terms -- Legal and professional background -- Human rights and statutory principles for governing decision making -- Definition of mental incapacity -- Best interests -- Lasting powers of attorney -- Court of protection, deputies and office of public guardian -- Independent mental capacity advocates -- Advance decisions -- Research -- Protection and accountability -- Children and young persons -- Mental capacity and mental disorder -- Organ and tissue removal and retention -- The informal carer -- Wales -- Implementation, resources, and code of practice.
• Sommario/riassunto: The Mental Capacity Act (2005) governs decision-making processes on behalf of adults who are unable to give informed consent, whether they lose mental capacity at some point in their lives due to illness or injury or where the incapacitating condition has been present since birth. Legal Aspects of Mental Capacity will assist practitioners in understanding the basic provisions of the Act and how it applies to their professional responsibilities. It is also intended to be of assistance to the many carers who find themselves in the position of needing to make decisions on behalf of mentally
• Titolo autorizzato: Legal aspects of mental capacity
• ISBN: 1-282-34231-2; 9786612342318; 0-470-69766-0; 0-470-69808-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910830429003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II