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A clinician's brief guide to dementia and the law / Nick Brindle, Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Michael Kennedy, Switalskis Solicitors; Christian Walsh, Leeds Beckett University; Ben Alderson, Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

By: Material type: TextPublisher: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023Edition: 1Description: ix, 180 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781911623243
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 344.044 BRI 23/eng/20230608
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.
Summary: "A readable and practical guide to how the law applies to people with dementia, from diagnosis to end-of-life. This book will appeal to clinicians and practitioners that work with patients with dementia, including psychiatrists, primary care physicians, nurses, social workers and advocates"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

"A readable and practical guide to how the law applies to people with dementia, from diagnosis to end-of-life. This book will appeal to clinicians and practitioners that work with patients with dementia, including psychiatrists, primary care physicians, nurses, social workers and advocates"-- Provided by publisher.

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