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The Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards: a summary

Simon Bonell (Psychiatry of Learning Disabilities, Greenwich CLDT)

Advances in Mental Health and Learning Disabilities

ISSN: 1753-0180

Article publication date: 11 May 2009

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Abstract

The Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards are an extension to the Mental Capacity Act (2005). They provide protection for those who lack capacity to make a decision about residing in a hospital or care home and require a deprivation of their liberty. The following paper is a summary of the safeguards.

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Bonell, S. (2009), "The Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards: a summary", Advances in Mental Health and Learning Disabilities, Vol. 3 No. 1, pp. 15-17. https://doi.org/10.1108/17530180200900004

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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