Assessment of mental capacity : a practical guide for doctors and lawyers / Alex Ruck Keene [ed.].

London : The Law Society, 2015.

4th ed.

86956

Capacity and disability -- Great Britain.

People with mental disabilities -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Great Britain.

Forensic psychiatry.

Medical jurisprudence.

Mental Health -- Great Britain.

Diminished responsibility.

1. The law, practice and this book

2. Professional and ethical issues; Part II Legalprinciples

3. The Mental Capacity Act 2005: capacity and best interests

4. The legal principles: capacity andevidence; Part III Legal tests of capacity

5. Capacity to deal with financial affairs

6. Capacity to make awill

7. Capacity to make a gift

8. Capacity to litigate

9. Capacity to enter into a contract

10. Capacity to vote

11. Capacity and personal relationships

12. Capacity to consent: the criminal law and sexual offences

13. Capacity to consent to and refuse medical treatment and procedures

14. Capacity to consent to researchand innovative treatment

15. Capacity and the deprivation of liberty

16. Capacity and the Mental HealthAct; Part IV Practical aspects of the assessment of mental capacity

17. Practical guidelines for doctors

18. Practical guidelines for lawyers.

"Written by experts from a variety of disciplines, this book combines a precise statement of the law with a practical, jargon-free approach to provide guidelines on a range of issues, from capacity to form intimate personal relationships to capacity to consent to medical treatment." -- Publisher's website

9781784460389

xlii, 323 p. ; 24 cm