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Mental health and mental capacity law for social workers : an introduction / Simon Godefroy.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Godefroy, Simon, author.
- Series:
- Transforming social work practice.
- Transforming social work practice
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mental health laws--Great Britain.
- Mental health laws.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 175 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Los Angeles : SAGE, 2015.
- Summary:
- Introduces students to the fundamental principles of mental health law and how they can be applied to everyday practice with clear introductions to key Acts such as the Mental Capacity Act and the Mental Health Act as well as the relevant Codes of Practice.
- Contents:
- What is the law?
- Historical perspectives
- Introduction to the Mental Health Act 1983 and Mental Capacity Act 2005
- Principles and values
- Assessment
- Providing care
- Care outside of hospital
- Other provisions and safeguards mentally disordered offenders
- Deprivation of liberty safeguards
- Safeguards.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-167) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781473924000
- 1473924006
- OCLC:
- 1076259848
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