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Capacity Assessment and the Law: Problems and Solutions

Capacity Assessment and the Law: Problems and Solutions

Name: Capacity Assessment and the Law: Problems and Solutions
Brand: Springer-Verlag
SKU: 9783319543451
Price: 1462.00 HKD
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Author: Kelly Purser
ISBN: 9783319543451

By Kelly Purser

Springer-Verlag May 2017

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ISBN-13: 9783319543451
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Publication: May 2017
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: Switzerland ? Countri(es) for reference only

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This book explores how legal and medical practitioners can best assess financial and health capacity of patients. The potential loss of cognition can erode autonomy as individuals lose the ability to make their own legally recognised decisions. This is an inescapable problem with significant legal, social, health and policy repercussions.

This book offers assistance to practitioners involved in capacity assessments. It discusses the issues, standards, and professional considerations arising when undertaking legal capacity assessments in the context of wills, enduring powers of attorney and advance health directives. It examines what triggers to assess capacity practitioners should know; a suggested paradigm for capacity assessment; and when, as well as who, to involve in the assessment process. It explores the relationship between legal and medical professionals, as well as a comparative investigation of the main capacity assessment guidelines and principles internationally.

The Challenges Presented by the Assessment of Legal Capacity

Therapeutic Jurisprudence

Legal Capacity

Testamentary Capacity

Substitute Decision-Making

Capacity Assessment - An International Problem

Some Proposed Suggestions.

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