Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Preface to the second edition
- Common abbreviations and terms
- 1 The legal framework: the Mental Capacity Act, the Human Rights Act and common law
- 2 The Mental Capacity Act and the authority to treat
- 3 Assessment of capacity
- 4 Best interests
- 5 Alternative authority – planning for the future
- 6 Independent Mental Capacity Advocates and regulation of research
- 7 Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
- 8 The Court of Protection, clinically relevant judgments from the courts and writing reports
- 9 The Mental Health Act
- References
- Index
Frontmatter
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 January 2018
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Preface to the second edition
- Common abbreviations and terms
- 1 The legal framework: the Mental Capacity Act, the Human Rights Act and common law
- 2 The Mental Capacity Act and the authority to treat
- 3 Assessment of capacity
- 4 Best interests
- 5 Alternative authority – planning for the future
- 6 Independent Mental Capacity Advocates and regulation of research
- 7 Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
- 8 The Court of Protection, clinically relevant judgments from the courts and writing reports
- 9 The Mental Health Act
- References
- Index
Summary
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- Information
- A Clinician's Brief Guide to the Mental Capacity Act , pp. i - ivPublisher: Royal College of PsychiatristsPrint publication year: 2015