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Dimond, Bridgit.
Legal aspects of mental capacity / Bridgit Dimond. - Oxford : Blackwell Pub., 2008. - xxvii, 417 p. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9781405133593 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1405133597 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Great Britain. Mental Capacity Act 2005.
Mental health laws--Great Britain.
Capacity and disability--Great Britain.
Mental Competency--legislation & jurisprudence--Great Britain.
Informed Consent--legislation & jurisprudence--Great Britain.
KD737 / .D56 2008
344.41044 / D582
Legal aspects of mental capacity / Bridgit Dimond. - Oxford : Blackwell Pub., 2008. - xxvii, 417 p. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9781405133593 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1405133597 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Great Britain. Mental Capacity Act 2005.
Mental health laws--Great Britain.
Capacity and disability--Great Britain.
Mental Competency--legislation & jurisprudence--Great Britain.
Informed Consent--legislation & jurisprudence--Great Britain.
KD737 / .D56 2008
344.41044 / D582