The Journal of Adult Protection: Volume 14 Issue 6
Evidence-based practice in relation to safeguarding adults
Subjects:
Table of contents - Special Issue: Mental Capacity Act 2005 and safeguarding vulnerable adults
The use of the Mental Capacity Act among hospital patients: findings from a case study of one Acute Hospital Trust in England
Lynne Phair, Jill ManthorpeThis paper seeks to present findings from a review of hospital policies and practices in one NHS Trust in England.
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Limits of Mental Capacity Act training for residential care homes
Matthew Gough, Lianne KerlinThe Mental Capacity Act (MCA) was implemented in 2007 as a piece of legislation to empower and protect adults who require support making decisions. Many older adults in…
822
Objection, purpose and normality: three ways in which the courts have inhibited safeguarding
David HewittThis paper's aim is to consider three ways in which, recently, the English courts have sought to define deprivation of liberty (and, maybe, limit the effect of safeguards against…
575
The right to take risks
Alison FaulknerCommissioned as part of a Joseph Rowntree Foundation scoping programme, this consultation aims to explore the views of disabled people and service users about risk.
2888
Inside the Court of Protection
Alison BrammerThis paper aims to summarize the work of the Court of Protection.
518
ISSN:
1466-8203e-ISSN:
2042-8669ISSN-L:
1466-8203Online date, start – end:
1999Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditors:
- Dr Bridget Penhale
- Dr Margaret Flynn