Rebecca Jacob is Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist in the Department of Liaison Psychiatry, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambs and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, and Associate Lecturer in the Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, UK. Michael Gunn, Emeritus Professor, retired as Vice Chancellor and Chief Executive of Staffordshire University in 2016. Previously, he was an academic lawyer, specialising in law and learning disability and the law of decision-making. Anthony Holland is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and the Health Foundation, Chair in Learning Disabilities, University of Cambridge, UK. He is President of the International Prader-Willi Syndrome Association.

'This is a book for the jobbing clinician of all specialties, not just mental health. It provides a succinct yet comprehensive review that all healthcare professionals can benefit from. For students - both medical and nursing - this should be a required text.' Martin Curtice, BJPsych Bulletin

• 1. Introduction Rebecca Jacob and Anthony Holland; 2. The assessment of mental capacity Benjamin Spencer and Matthew Hotopf; 3. Best interests Charlotte Emmett and Julian C. Hughes; 4. Deprivation of liberty: past, present and future Susan F. Welsh; 5a. Mental Capacity Act application: hospital settings Elizabeth Fistein; 5b. Mental Capacity Act application: social care settings Michael Dunn and Anthony Holland; 6. Mental capacity and end of life decision making Annabel Price and Caroline Barry; 7. Clinical ambiguities in the assessment of capacity Elizabeth Fistein and Rebecca Jacob.

Rebecca Jacob is Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist in the Department of Liaison Psychiatry, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambs and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, and Associate Lecturer in the Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, UK. Michael Gunn, Emeritus Professor, retired as Vice Chancellor and Chief Executive of Staffordshire University in 2016. Previously, he was an academic lawyer, specialising in law and learning disability and the law of decision-making. Anthony Holland is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and the Health Foundation, Chair in Learning Disabilities, University of Cambridge, UK. He is President of the International Prader-Willi Syndrome Association.

'This is a book for the jobbing clinician of all specialties, not just mental health. It provides a succinct yet comprehensive review that all healthcare professionals can benefit from. For students - both medical and nursing - this should be a required text.' Martin Curtice, BJPsych Bulletin

• 1. Introduction Rebecca Jacob and Anthony Holland; 2. The assessment of mental capacity Benjamin Spencer and Matthew Hotopf; 3. Best interests Charlotte Emmett and Julian C. Hughes; 4. Deprivation of liberty: past, present and future Susan F. Welsh; 5a. Mental Capacity Act application: hospital settings Elizabeth Fistein; 5b. Mental Capacity Act application: social care settings Michael Dunn and Anthony Holland; 6. Mental capacity and end of life decision making Annabel Price and Caroline Barry; 7. Clinical ambiguities in the assessment of capacity Elizabeth Fistein and Rebecca Jacob.

Rebecca Jacob is Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist in the Department of Liaison Psychiatry, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambs and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, and Associate Lecturer in the Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, UK. Michael Gunn, Emeritus Professor, retired as Vice Chancellor and Chief Executive of Staffordshire University in 2016. Previously, he was an academic lawyer, specialising in law and learning disability and the law of decision-making. Anthony Holland is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and the Health Foundation, Chair in Learning Disabilities, University of Cambridge, UK. He is President of the International Prader-Willi Syndrome Association.

'This is a book for the jobbing clinician of all specialties, not just mental health. It provides a succinct yet comprehensive review that all healthcare professionals can benefit from. For students - both medical and nursing - this should be a required text.' Martin Curtice, BJPsych Bulletin

• 1. Introduction Rebecca Jacob and Anthony Holland; 2. The assessment of mental capacity Benjamin Spencer and Matthew Hotopf; 3. Best interests Charlotte Emmett and Julian C. Hughes; 4. Deprivation of liberty: past, present and future Susan F. Welsh; 5a. Mental Capacity Act application: hospital settings Elizabeth Fistein; 5b. Mental Capacity Act application: social care settings Michael Dunn and Anthony Holland; 6. Mental capacity and end of life decision making Annabel Price and Caroline Barry; 7. Clinical ambiguities in the assessment of capacity Elizabeth Fistein and Rebecca Jacob.