The Mental Capacity Act (MCA) isdesigned to protect and empower people who may lack the mental capacity to make their own decisions about their care and treatment. It applies to people aged 16 and over. What are
The Mental Capacity Act 2005 comes into effect in England and Wales in 2007. The Act contains principles, procedures and safeguards to empower people to make decisions for themselves wherever possible, but also to ensure that decisions made on their behalf if they lack the mental capacity to ...
In this series of articles on the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA) the author now turns to the interrelation between mental capacity and mental disorder and between the Mental Health Act 1983 (MHA) (as amended by the Mental Health Act 2007 [MHA, 2007]) and the Bournewood safeguards. The ar...
Mental Capacity ActMental Health Actmental disorderSummary This chapter traces some of the background considerations to reform of mental health law in England and Wales, with passing mention of other parts of the UK. It draws out the tensions between those concerned to respect the autonomy and ...
The Mental Capacity Act 2005 comes into force in 2007 and radically reforms the law under which decisions will be made for those who lack mental capacity. Changes are wide-ranging and significant and include: a new functional capacity test; the primacy of 'best interests'; the creation of a...
In England and Wales, under the provisions of the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) 2005, the competent adult's right to refuse future treatment has been placed onto a statutory footing in the form of Advance Decisions to Refuse Treatment (ADRTs).Two legal principles that are relevant to advance de...
Principles underpinning the 2030 Agenda — indivisibility, integration and universality — can safeguard against inaction or unsustainable practices but have not yet come into effect. We propose measures to strengthen alignment with them as the world gears up to accelerate implementation at the 2023 SDG...
Ethical approval was granted by the Science and Technology College Research Ethics Committee atNottingham Trent University. The study was performed in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Informed consent Informed consent was obtained from all participants included in the study....
568 individuals in the United States who received stimulus payments as part of the 2020 CARES Act20. If the average amount spent 60 days prior to receiving the payment is used as a baseline, the lower-income group spent over 23 times more than baseline immediately after receipt, compared ...
Spencer-Oatey and Jiang (2003) postulate “sociopragmatic interactional principles” (SIPs), which guide or influence people's productive and interpretative use of language. The principles are typically value-linked, so that in a given culture and/or situational context, there are norms or preferenc...