Capacity to protect — the Mental Capacity Act explained
Abstract
2007 marks a major step forward in the history of adult protection with the implementation of the Mental Capacity Act in England and Wales. Understandably, debates about adult protection have usually focused on the more obvious types of abuse ‐ sexual, physical, financial and emotional. The Mental Capacity Act addresses a much wider issue of abuse where a person's right to make their own decisions, and to have proper safeguards and protection if decisions need making on their behalf, is overridden or ignored. This article gives an overview of the Mental Capacity Act and its relevance to the files of adult protection.
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Citation
Williamson, T. (2007), "Capacity to protect — the Mental Capacity Act explained", The Journal of Adult Protection, Vol. 9 No. 1, pp. 25-32. https://doi.org/10.1108/14668203200700004
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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