(i) analysis of the term "young person" within the context of the Act;(ii) discussion of the key principles: Sections 1–4 of the Act;(iii) statutory defence to liability under section 5;(iv) Independent Mental Capacity Advocate;(v) the new Court of Protection.Reference to the Code of...
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
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
Sections 39A, 39B and 39C of the Mental Capacity Act as added by the Mental Health Act 2007 Guidance for deputies appointed by the court Which is the appropriate legislation to be used — MCA or MHA? Restraint Guardianship or community treatment order Court of Protection The Bournewood gap De...
The mental capacity act (2008): code of practice The Mental Capacity Act 2005 came fully into force on 1st October 2007 (some sections came into force on 1 April 2007). This series of articles considers s... S Menon 被引量: 6发表: 2009年 Assessment of Mental Capacity: A Practical Guid...
has anintellectual disabilityor has impaired cognition. If a person does not wish to be assessed or to be treated, and cannot be persuaded otherwise, that is their decision and must be respected, in the UK within the bounds of theMental CapacityAct (2005). One should tread very carefully ...
Rather, we propose focusing on three characteristics of information that are key for people’s information-seeking decisions9: (1) the capacity of information to guide actions9,10,53,55,84; (2) the potential of information to expand epistemic knowledge9,10; and (3) the valence of the ...
The Act seeks explicitly to align India’s mental health legislation with the United Nations’ Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) (2006). Key provisions of the new legislation cover ‘preliminary’ matters and definitions; ‘mental illness and capacity to make mental ...
In Understanding Treatment Without Consent, key contributors examine the work of the UK Mental Health Act Commission (MHAC), which was established to ensure the care and rights of people subjected to the various sections of the 1983 Ment... I Shaw,UO Nottingham,H Middleton,... - 《Practice ...
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