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Informationen zum Autor Robert Brown is a Visiting Fellow at Bournemouth University and was a Founding Director of Edge Training and Consultancy Limited. He was a Mental Health Act Commissioner from 1992 until 2010. He provides refresher training for Approved Mental Health Professionals (AMHPs) and Best Interest Assessors (BIAs) and contributes to the training of section 12 approved doctors and Approved Clinicians in South West England and Wales. He provides consultation and supervision for the AMHPs/BIAs in the Deprivation of Liberty Team in Cornwall. Rob also provides consultation to Lead AMHPs in Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Lambeth, Portsmouth and West Berkshire. He has published widely in the field of mental health and mental capacity law. Klappentext Written in a style accessible to all professionals, this fully updated Third Edition has been revised and enlarged to incorporate revisions to the Mental Health Act Code of Practice 2015 and the crucial impact of the Supreme Court decisions in the Cheshire West cases. Zusammenfassung Written in a style accessible to all professionals! this fully updated Third Edition has been revised and enlarged to incorporate revisions to the Mental Health Act Code of Practice 2015 and the crucial impact of the Supreme Court decisions in the Cheshire West cases. Inhaltsverzeichnis Background to the Mental Capacity Act 2005 The Key Features of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 The Code of Practice (Sections 42-43) Principles (Section 1) What Is Lack of Capacity? (Sections 2 and 3) Best Interests (Section 4) Protection for Those Making Decisions (Sections 5 to 8) Lasting Powers of Attorney (Sections 9 to 14 and 22-23) Deputies and Declarations (Sections 15 to 21) Advance Decisions to Refuse Treatment (Sections 24 to 26) Independent Mental Capacity Advocates (IMCAs) (Sections 35 to 41) The Court of Protection and the Public Guardian (sections 45 to 61) Other Issues Research Links with Other Areas of Law Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards The Interface between the Mental Capacity Act and the Mental Health Act The Distinction between Restriction of Movement and Deprivation of Liberty Appendix: 1 The Mental Capacity Act 2005 Appendix: 1A DOLS Regulations on Representative Appendix: 1B DOLS Assessment Regulations Appendix: 2 Helping people to make their own decisions Appendix: 3 Assessing capacity Appendix: 4 Best interests checklist Appendix: 5 Multiple choice answers Appendix: 6 Lasting Powers of Attorney and advance decisions Appendix: 7 Identifying a Deprivation of liberty Appendix: 8 The DOLS procedures ...
List of contents
Background to the Mental Capacity Act 2005
The Key Features of the Mental Capacity Act 2005
The Code of Practice (Sections 42-43)
Principles (Section 1)
What Is Lack of Capacity? (Sections 2 and 3)
Best Interests (Section 4)
Protection for Those Making Decisions (Sections 5 to 8)
Lasting Powers of Attorney (Sections 9 to 14 and 22-23)
Deputies and Declarations (Sections 15 to 21)
Advance Decisions to Refuse Treatment (Sections 24 to 26)
Independent Mental Capacity Advocates (IMCAs) (Sections 35 to 41)
The Court of Protection and the Public Guardian (sections 45 to 61)
Other Issues
Research
Links with Other Areas of Law
Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
The Interface between the Mental Capacity Act and the Mental Health Act
The Distinction between Restriction of Movement and Deprivation of Liberty
Appendix: 1 The Mental Capacity Act 2005
Appendix: 1A DOLS Regulations on Representative
Appendix: 1B DOLS Assessment Regulations
Appendix: 2 Helping people to make their own decisions
Appendix: 3 Assessing capacity
Appendix: 4 Best interests checklist
Appendix: 5 Multiple choice answers
Appendix: 6 Lasting Powers of Attorney and advance decisions
Appendix: 7 Identifying a Deprivation of liberty
Appendix: 8 The DOLS procedures
