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Who decides? Making decisions on behalf of mentally incapacitated adults — a consultation paper issued by the Lord Chancellor's Department
Corporate Author	Lord Chancellor's Department
Publisher	The Stationery Office, London, 1997
Pages	114 pp (Cm 3803)
Source	The Publications Centre, PO Box 276, London SW8 5DT.
Keywords	Mental disorder ; Court of protection ; Law ; Government publications.
Annotation	This Consultation Paper seeks views (and invites comments by 31 March 1998) on a possible framework for providing protection for mentally incapacitated adults and their carers, and for providing an organised framework of law to manage their welfare and affairs. It examines the three key principles which underpin the proposals: capacity, best interest, and the general authority to act reasonably. Other chapters look at advance statements about health care, supervision of medical and research procedures, continuing powers of attorney, decision-making by the court, public law protection for people at risk, and proposals for a new judicial forum. Also included is a summary of the recommendations made by the Law Commission in their report, 'Mental incapacity' (Law Com no 231) (HMSO, 1995).
Accession Number	CPA-980113201 B
Classmark	E: JVC: VR: 6OA
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