Mental Capacity Act 2005 A UK Parliamentary Act which provides the statutory framework to empower and protect vulnerable people unable to make their own decisions, and clarifies who can make those decisions, in which situations and how they should go about it, as well as enabling people to plan...
The Mental Capacity Act 2005 (c.9) received Royal Assent on 7 April 2005Department of HealthWelsh Assembly GovernmentDepartment of Health, Richmond House, 79 Whitehall, London SW1A 2NJ, UK, dhmail@dh.gsi.gov.ukDepartment of Health (2007) Mental Capacity Act 2005 - summary, http://...
The meaning of MENTAL CAPACITY is sufficient understanding and memory to comprehend in a general way the situation in which one finds oneself and the nature, purpose, and consequence of any act or transaction into which one proposes to enter. How to use
Mental Capacity Act 2005: post-legislative scrutiny Summary The Mental Capacity Act 2005 is due to come into force in April 2007. The Act provides a protective statutory framework for decision-making on ... P Uk - 《Parliament Uk》 被引量: 20发表: 2014年 Realising the safeguarding potential...
Mental Capacity Act 2005 statutory principles and key concepts British Journal of Community Nursing Vol 13, No 5Richard GriffithCassam Tengnah
In October 2007 in England and Wales, advance decisions will become legally binding as part of the 2005 Mental Capacity Act. This has been the case in... AR Tillyard - 《Critical Care》 被引量: 83发表: 2007年 Relationships between selective cognitive variables and student's ability to solve...
The UK Mental Capacity Act provides an important legislative framework for protecting persons who are vulnerable, by virtue of partial or total lack of capacity, from abuse, coercion, exploitation, disrespect or unwarranted intrusions on their privacy and liberty. In this article we argue, however,...
1 in evaluating the best interests standard in the Mental Capacity Act. It sets out the normative case for a stronger legislative endorsement of will and preferences and the inclusion of greater support mechanisms but rejects the contention that all substitute decision-making can, or should, be ...
People with dementia (PWD) are misunderstood to lack capacity and are therefore denied autonomy. The Mental Capacity Act (MCA, 2005) was designed to empower and protect this group, by facilitating their active participation within the decision-making process. However, an ethics of care perspective...
2007 marks a major step forward in the history of adult protection with the implementation of the Mental Capacity Act in England and Wales. Understandably, debates about adult protection have usually focused on the more obvious types of abuse - sexual, physical, financial and emotional. The Mental...