Assessing Mental Capacity -

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Editeur : Routledge

Langue : Anglais

Parution : 01/05/2020

Format : Moyen, de 350g à 1kg

Nombre de pages : 448

Expédition : 664

Dimensions : 23.4 x 15.6 x 2.4

ISBN : 1138102776

Résumé :
Drawing on expertise from neuropsychologists, solicitors, and social workers, Assessing Mental Capacity provides a practical guide for all those required to carry out such assessments, considering the basics of capacity assessments and law, how to make difficult decisions, and how to draw conclusions from capacity assessments....

Biographie:

Dr. Janice A. Mackenzie is a consultant clinical neuropsychologist who has a specialist interest in mental capacity dating back to 2002. She has published research, presented at conferences and provided training on mental capacity to numerous professionals. She developed a semi-structured interview which has been adapted for various different mental capacity assessments.

Dr. Kate E. Wilkinson is a consultant clinical neuropsychologist who has been carrying out complex capacity assessments since 2010 and has developed a particular interest in the complex ethical and sociopolitical aspects of such work. She routinely provides formal teaching, supervision and consultation on mental capacity to professionals from other disciplines.

Sommaire:

Introduction

Part 1. Getting Started

Chapter 1. Mental Capacity Past, Present and Future: An Overview

Chapter 2. Some Basic Concepts of the Mental Capacity Act (2005): What You Need to Know

Chapter 3. Legal Perspectives on Practical Capacity Concerns

Chapter 4. International Perspectives on Mental Capacity Law

Part 2. Factors to Consider

Chapter 5. Psychosocial Aspects of Decision-Making and the Assessment of Mental Capacity

Chapter 6. A Functional Perspective to Information Gathering, Risk Assessment and Insight-Building

Chapter 7. Information Relevant to the Decision: Deciding What the Person Needs to Know, and to What Extent, in Order to be Able to Make a Decision

Chapter 8. Introducing a Capacity Assessment to the Person, Family and Carers

Chapter 9. How to Provide Relevant Information and Enhance Mental Capacity

Chapter 10. Capacity Assessment and Cognitive Impairment

Chapter 11. Communication in the Context of Assessing Mental Capacity

Chapter 12. Using a Semi-Structured Interview to Assess Capacity

Part 3. Specific Decisions and Conditions

Chapter 13. Capacity to Consent to Medical Procedures

Chapter 14. Advance Care Planning

Chapter 15. Capacity Assessment for Swallowing Disorders and Feeding Management

Chapter 16. Assessing Capacity in Relation to a Change of Residence or Accommodation and Care Needs

Chapter 17. Assessing Capacity to Consent to Sexual Relations

Chapter 18. Assessing Capacity to Manage Financial Affairs

Chapter 19. Assessing Capacity in Relation to Signing a Tenancy Agreement

Chapter 20. The Courtroom: Capacity to Litigate, Fitness to Plead and Fitness to be a Witness

Chapter 21. Assessing the Mental Capacity of People Living with Dementia: Getting Practice Right

Part 4. Complex Situations

Chapter 22. What to do When Someone Says One Thing, but Does Another: Capacity to Make a Decision and Put it Into Practice

Chapter 23. Assessment of Mental Capacity to Make High-Risk Decisions

Chapter 24. Assessing Mental Capacity When the Decision Needs to be Made Urgently

Chapter 25. Mental Capacity Assessment: What to do When Someone is Refusing to Engage or is Ambivalent

Chapter 26. Changes in Capacity Over Time and in Different Situations

Chapter 27. Involving Friends, Family and Other Professionals in the Assessment of Mental Capacity and the Best Interests Process and Dealing with Any Potential Conflict

Part 5. Issues related to the Mental Capacity Act (2005)

Chapter 28. Capacity Assessment, Deprivation of Liberty and the Liberty Protection Safeguards

Chapter 29. Best Interests Decisions

Chapter 30. The Mental Capacity Act's Interaction with Other Legislation

Part 6. Additional Considerations

Chapter 31. Ethical Issues in Capacity Assessments and their Outcomes

Chapter 32. Assessing Capacity for the Court or as an Independent Practitioner

Chapter 33. Teaching and Training Capacity Assessors

Appendices