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The Mental Capacity Act 2005: A Guide for Practice Robert Brown

The Mental Capacity Act 2005: A Guide for Practice By Robert Brown

The Mental Capacity Act 2005: A Guide for Practice by Robert Brown

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A practical guide to working within the requirements of the Mental Capacity Act 2005.

The Mental Capacity Act 2005: A Guide for Practice Summary

The Mental Capacity Act 2005: A Guide for Practice by Robert Brown

In 2007 The Mental Capacity Act came into effect providing a new statutory framework for decision making. This book is a practical guide to working within the requirements of the Act, identifying situations where staff will need to be familiar with the Act and Code of Practice and providing checklists and exercises to help people to ensure compliance with the new requirements. This edition also includes the complete text of the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards and will be of immense value to Best Interest Assessors.

The Mental Capacity Act 2005: A Guide for Practice Reviews

An excellent book in every respect. (Senior lecturer, University of Huddersfield.)

About Robert Brown

Robert Brown is an independent trainer and a social worker and was a founding Director of Edge Training and Consultancy Ltd. He provides refresher training for AMHPs and helps to train Section 12 Approved Doctors and Approved Clinicians in England and Wales. He provides consultation and supervision for AMHPs in Cornwall, Hampshire, Portsmouth, West Berkshire and the Isle of Wight. Rob has published widely in the field of mental health and mental capacity law; co-authoring The Mental Health Capacity Act 2005: a Guide to Practice as well as Mental Health Law in England and Wales. He was a Mental Health Act Commissioner from 1992-2010 and the Director of ASW/AMHP courses over the same period. Prior to that, Rob worked as a Mental Welfare Officer and then an Approved Social Worker with Hampshire County Council. Rob is a Visiting Fellow at Bournemouth University. Paul Barber qualified in 1976. Until December 2003 he was a partner at Bevan Ashford Solicitors (now Bevan Brittan) where for many years he led the firm's NHS Litigation Department, increasingly specialising in the field of Mental Health and Human Rights law. He is now a Consultant to the firm and a freelance trainer and lecturer. He is extensively involved in training Approved Social Workers and lecturing on Section 12 Approval courses for doctors. He also provides training for the Mental Health Act Commission and numerous NHS Trusts and Health Authorities. Debbie Martin is Unit Leader and lecturer on the new Approved Mental Health Professionals course in South West England. She currently practices as an Approved Mental Health Professional in Wiltshire and has worked as a social worker and mental health manager in Manchester. Debbie also teaches on section 12 Approval courses for doctors and provides training for the Mental Health Act Commission and various NHS Trusts, Health Authorities and Local Authorities.

Table 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 Appendices References Index

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GOR008808558
9781844452941
1844452948
The Mental Capacity Act 2005: A Guide for Practice by Robert Brown
Robert Brown
Post-Qualifying Social Work Practice Series
Used - Like New
Paperback
SAGE Publications Ltd
20090729
304
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