Assessment of mental capacity : a practical guide for doctors and lawyers / edited by Alex Ruck Keene QC.

London : Law Society Publishing, 2022.

5th edition

200299

Capacity and disability -- Great Britain.

People with mental disabilities -- Great Britain.

Mental health laws -- Great Britain.

Forensic psychiatry -- Great Britain.

Medical jurisprudence -- Great Britain.

Mental health -- Great Britain.

Diminished responsibility.

PART I: Introduction

1. The law, practice and this book

2. Professional and ethical issues

PART II: Legal principles

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

4. The legal principles: capacity and evidence

5. Supporting legal capacity

PART III: Legal tests of capacity

6. Capacity to deal with financial affairs

7. Capacity to make a will

8. Capacity to make a gift

9. Capacity to litigate

10. Capacity to enter into a contract

11. Capacity to vote

12. Capacity and personal relationships

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

14. Capacity and medical treatment

15. Capacity to consent to research and innovative treatment

16. Capacity and deprivation of liberty

17. Capacity and the Mental Health Act 1983

PART IV: Practical aspects of the assessment of mental capacity

18. Practical guidelines for doctors

19. Practical guidance for lawyers.

Written by experts from a variety of disciplines, this new edition of Assessment of Mental Capacity combines clarity as to the law with a practical, jargon-free approach to provide guidelines on issues ranging from medical treatment to making a will, sexual decision-making and capacity in the context of the Mental Health Act 1983. - Publisher's website.

Previous edition: 2015.

Includes index and bibliographical references.

9781784461362

xxxix, 345 pages ; 24 cm