Blackstone's guide to the Mental Capacity Act 2005

The Mental Capacity Act 2005 came into force in stages from April 2007 and will be implemented in full on 1 October 2007. The Act impacts on approximately 2 million people. It introduced new decision-making mechanisms which allow financial, welfare and healthcare decisions to be taken on behalf of p...

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1. Verfasser: Bartlett, Peter
Weitere Verfasser: Peter Bartlett
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English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford,New York Oxford University Press 2005
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Zusammenfassung:The Mental Capacity Act 2005 came into force in stages from April 2007 and will be implemented in full on 1 October 2007. The Act impacts on approximately 2 million people. It introduced new decision-making mechanisms which allow financial, welfare and healthcare decisions to be taken on behalf of persons lacking the mental capacity to make such decisions such as the making of advance refusals of treatment (a form of living will); and the creation of lasting powers of attorney, so allowing the appointee to make decisions on finance, health and welfare after the donor has become incompetent to make the decisions themselves
Beschreibung:xxv, 560 p.
24 cm
ISBN:0199239045
9780199239047