We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. Close this message to accept cookies or find out how to manage your cookie settings.
We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. Close this message to accept cookies or find out how to manage your cookie settings.
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 January 2018
Compared with the Mental Health Act, the Mental Capacity Act is newer, the scope so much wider and, consequently, the case law remains in a relatively accelerated state of evolution. The output from the Court of Protection has been copious and two important cases relating to the Mental Capacity Act have come before the Supreme Court. In this second edition we have therefore included more in the way of clinically relevant issues that have emerged from the courts since first publication in order to bridge the gap between court judgments and the practising clinician.
The main topics that have been updated in this edition are:
‣ the interface between the Mental Health Act and the Mental Capacity Act, identifying the appropriate legal authority to use in clinical decision-making and clarifying the margins of the doctrine of necessity
‣ the Supreme Court judgment in relation to ‘Cheshire West’, how this affects the threshold of what is considered deprivation of liberty and the implications of the judgment on health and social care practice
‣ assessment of capacity and clarifying the threshold of decision-making incapacity
‣ the guidance for clinicians who may become involved in Court of Protection proceedings, which we have expanded and clarified with explanation of specific areas of clinically relevant case law.
To save this book to your Kindle, first ensure [email protected] is added to your Approved Personal Document E-mail List under your Personal Document Settings on the Manage Your Content and Devices page of your Amazon account. Then enter the ‘name’ part of your Kindle email address below. Find out more about saving to your Kindle.
Note you can select to save to either the @free.kindle.com or @kindle.com variations. ‘@free.kindle.com’ emails are free but can only be saved to your device when it is connected to wi-fi. ‘@kindle.com’ emails can be delivered even when you are not connected to wi-fi, but note that service fees apply.
Find out more about the Kindle Personal Document Service.
To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Dropbox.
To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Google Drive.
