Legal Aspects of Mental Capacity: A Practical Guide for Health and Social Care Professionals (Advanced Healthcare Practice) - Softcover

Dimond, Bridgit C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1119045347 ISBN 13: 9781119045342

Publisher: Blackwell Pub, 2016

Synopsis

Highly Commended in Health and social care in the 2017 BMA Medical Book Awards

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 original conception the new Court of Protection is now 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 for Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards.

Thoroughly updated to take account of the many updates, developments and changes in legislation and guidance, the new edition of Dimond’s authoritative guide will be warmly welcome by practitioners and students who need to understand and work within the Mental Capacity Act, and how it applies to their professional responsibilities.

• A highly practical guide to the Mental Capacity Act and its provisions since its conception in 2005
• Relevant for a wide range of practitioners and students within health and social care
• Highly readable and easily accessible, even for those with no legal background
• Includes a range of learning features, including scenarios, questions and answers, key summary points, and applications for practice.

Legal Aspects of Mental Capacity is an essential resource for all healthcare and social services professionals, students patient services managers and carers working with those who lack the capacity to make their own decisions.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

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 incapacitated relatives and friends. Each chapter sets out the basis provisions, followed by a series of scenarios dealing with practical concerns which are discussed in the light of the new legislation.

· A practical guide to the provisions of the Mental Capacity Act 2005
· Easily accessible for those with no legal background
· Includes scenarios illustrating different legal points
· Explores the background to the legislation, including determination of capacity and the definition of best interests

Legal Aspects of Mental Capacity is an essential resource for all healthcare and social services professionals, patient services managers and carers working with those who lack the capacity to make their own decisions.

About the Author:

Bridgit Dimond is well known for her writings on health service law.?She is a former member of the Mental Health Act Commission and a non-executive of Bro Taf Health Authority.?She is an Emeritus Professor of the University of South Wales?and a former non-executive director of Shaw Homes, a Friendly Society which manages nursing homes and care homes for the elderly, mentally infirm and those with special needs.

About this edition

• Publisher: Blackwell Pub
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1119045347
• ISBN 13: 9781119045342
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 384