This guide on assessment of people with some sort of mental impairment is a broad ranging report produced jointly by the British Medical Association and the Law Society. It is an authoritative statement on an important area. Its wide ranging coverage makes it essential reading for these groups. The second edition has been revised throughout to bring it right up to date with present requirements.
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Practical guidance for doctors and lawyers about assessing mental capacity.
Clearly sets out legal tests of capacity for common purposes such as consenting to medical treatment and research, making a will, entering a contract or making an enduring power of attorney.
Aims to assist doctors and lawyers to communicate effectively.
Updated to take account of developments in legislation and case law and to incorporate new guidance.
Clearly sets out legal tests of capacity for common purposes such as consenting to medical treatment and research, making a will, entering a contract or making an enduring power of attorney.
Aims to assist doctors and lawyers to communicate effectively.
Updated to take account of developments in legislation and case law and to incorporate new guidance.
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Don't think it mentioned before purchase this is for British standards, not American. Not all that helpful for this country.
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Useful for both lawyers and doctors involved in assessment of mental capacity in civil cases. Practical information and checklists inside.
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Capacity is the ability to do something. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
litigation friend, relevant legal test, declaratory proceedings, assessing doctor, statutory will, incapacitated adults, advance refusal, testamentary capacity, family proceedings, mental health legislation, advance statements, assessing capacity, person being assessed, incapacitated person, directions hearing, inherent jurisdiction, instruct counsel, psychopathic disorder, enduring power, legal incapacity, contractual capacity, next friend Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Court of Protection, Law Commission, Home Counties Dairies, Mental Health Act, Martin Masterman-Lister, Representation of the People Act, British Medical Association, Lord Chancellor's Department, Official Solicitor, The Stationery Office, Department of Health, Enduring Powers of Attorney Act, Refusal of Medical Treatment, Sexual Offences Bill, Civil Procedure Rules, Mental Health Bill, Mental Incapacity Bill, House of Lords, Mental Patient, Electoral Commission, European Convention, Family Proceedings Rules, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Sexual Offences Act, Children Act New!
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Capacity is the ability to do something. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
litigation friend, relevant legal test, declaratory proceedings, assessing doctor, statutory will, incapacitated adults, advance refusal, testamentary capacity, family proceedings, mental health legislation, advance statements, assessing capacity, person being assessed, incapacitated person, directions hearing, inherent jurisdiction, instruct counsel, psychopathic disorder, enduring power, legal incapacity, contractual capacity, next friend Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Court of Protection, Law Commission, Home Counties Dairies, Mental Health Act, Martin Masterman-Lister, Representation of the People Act, British Medical Association, Lord Chancellor's Department, Official Solicitor, The Stationery Office, Department of Health, Enduring Powers of Attorney Act, Refusal of Medical Treatment, Sexual Offences Bill, Civil Procedure Rules, Mental Health Bill, Mental Incapacity Bill, House of Lords, Mental Patient, Electoral Commission, European Convention, Family Proceedings Rules, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Sexual Offences Act, Children Act New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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