Overcoming challenges in the Mental Capacity Act 2005 : practical guidance for working with complex issues / Camillia Kong and Alex Ruck Keene.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kong, Camillia, author.

Keene, Alex Ruck, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain. Mental Capacity Act 2005.

Great Britain.

Mental health laws--England.

Mental health laws.

Capacity and disability--England.

Capacity and disability.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (178 pages)

Place of Publication:

London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, [2018]

Summary:

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.

Contents:

The legal landscape and the challenge for practitioners

What is autonomy?

Why relationships matter

Enabling and disabling narratives

The ethical role of the capacity and best interests assessor

Capacity and best interests : a not-so-bright line.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781784505486

178450548X