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A clinician's brief guide to dementia and the law / Nick Brindle, Michael Kennedy, Christian Walsh,Ben Alderson.

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023Description: IX, 180P; 24 CMContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781911623243
Subject(s):
Contents:
Dementia : the clinical and diagnostic -- Dementia : the wider social and legal context -- Dementia : the legal framework -- The Mental Capacity Act 2005 -- The Mental Health Act 1983 -- The Care Act 2014 -- Assessment of capacity -- The diagnosis of dementia : planning for the future -- Care and treatment issues and the law -- Deprivation of liberty -- Discharge from hospital -- Abuse and safeguarding -- The courts and tribunals -- The interface between dementia and the criminal justice system.
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Dementia : the clinical and diagnostic -- Dementia : the wider social and legal context -- Dementia : the legal framework -- The Mental Capacity Act 2005 -- The Mental Health Act 1983 -- The Care Act 2014 -- Assessment of capacity -- The diagnosis of dementia : planning for the future -- Care and treatment issues and the law -- Deprivation of liberty -- Discharge from hospital -- Abuse and safeguarding -- The courts and tribunals -- The interface between dementia and the criminal justice system.

Provided by publisher.