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Who decides now?
— protecting and empowering vulnerable adults who lose the capacity to make decisions for themselves | | Author(s) | Robert Johns |
| Journal title | British Journal of Social Work, vol 37, no 3, April 2007 |
| Pages | pp 557-564 |
| Source | http://bjsw.oxfordjournals.org |
| Keywords | Elder abuse ; Rights [elderly] ; Mental disorder ; Court of protection ; Law. |
| Annotation | Implementing the Mental Capacity Act 2005 in England and Wales heralds a new era for social work practitioners and researchers. Protecting and empowering vulnerable adults - an important element of adult care social work - relies on a legal framework that attempts to balance adults' rights with the desire to protect them. The Act is part of that framework, addressing the fundamental issue of when and how decisions can be made on behalf of people who lose decision-making abilities ('capacity'). The Act encompasses the meaning of incapacity and best interests, advance directives concerning treatment, managing people's affairs and making decisions for them, overseeing the delegation process, and research. In explaining how the Act deals with some of these challenges, the article alerts practitioners and researchers to the key areas in which the Act will make a major impact. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070614207 A |
| Classmark | QNT: IKR: E: JVC: VR |
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