Overcoming Challenges in the Mental Capacity Act 2005

Practical Guidance for Working with Complex Issues

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

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Beskrivning

This book provides mental capacity practitioners with accessible ethical guidance and applicable tools for applying the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) 2005. It shows how clients' relationships can impact their capacity in positive and negative ways, and which communication skills practitioners can use to enable and empower those with impairment. It also covers how to engage in self-reflection and transparent debate about values to improve the quality of assessments. Helping practitioners interpret complex issues of mental capacity in the most beneficial way for clients, this book is essential reading for students and practitioners of law, medicine, mental health services and social care.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2018-09-21
Mått:152 x 228 x 12 mm
Vikt:260 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:176
Förlag:Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Medarbetare:Anselm Eldergill
ISBN:9781785922596

Utforska kategorier

Hälso- och sjukvårdsrätt inom Juridik
Psykisk hälsovård inom Medicin
Socialt arbete och välfärd inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Camillia Kong is an academic researcher and philosopher based at the University of Oxford. She was awarded a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship to conduct research exploring the philosophical issues behind the concept of mental capacity.Alex Ruck Keene is a barrister, writer and educator. He specialises in the Mental Capacity Act 2005, and has acted in cases involving the Act at all levels up to and including the Supreme Court.

Recensioner i media

This book grapples with the boundaries of capacity law, and the ways in which narratives themselves can empower and disempower. It is an accessibly written guide to the challenging ethical and legal questions facing social care practitioners today.

Innehållsförteckning

1. The legal landscape and the challenge for practitioners. 2. What is autonomy? 3. Why relationships matter. 4. Enabling and disabling narratives. 5. The ethical role of the capacity and best interests assessor. 6. Capacity and best interests: a not-so-bright line. 7. Conclusion. 8. Bibliography. 9. Appendices: theoretical resources. 10. Appendix: practical resource. 11. Statutes and cases.