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Mental incapacity and decision-making: professional implications for social workers
- Author:
- BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 58p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Birmingham
BASW position paper on the subject of mental incapacity and decision making, looking at: community care and social work; the Law Commission for England and Wales and the 'Mental incapacity report 1995'; the present position and BASW; standards of social work practice; rights and social needs of people with a mental incapacity; rights versus risks; inadequate care and the protection of adults with a mental incapacity; general health and communication; medical treatment and research; money and financial affairs; information and data resources; a code of practice; authorised officers; and a learning curve.
Mental incapacity and decision-making: professional implications for social workers; executive summary
- Author:
- BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 19p.
- Place of publication:
- Birmingham
Summary of a BASW position paper on mental incapacity and decision making.