The implications of the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) 2005 for advance care planning and decision making
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This chapter provides an overview of the MCA’s impact on end-of-life care. It situates the MCA in the current context of policy and practice. It describes how the MCA can be used to improve care, enable people to express and protect choices, and empower and enable the professional and/or the proxy decision maker. It also presents an introduction and explanation of the role of the IMCA and how it might apply to advance care planning (ACP) and end of life decision making, and an explanation of the legal and ethical process involved in reaching best interest decisions, especially for potentially vulnerable people in care homes and other settings.
2012 ◽
Vol 2
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pp. 177.2-177
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2015 ◽
Vol 66
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pp. 813-822
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2011 ◽
Vol 31
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pp. 143-165
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2018 ◽
Vol 34
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pp. 316-326
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2020 ◽
Vol 23
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pp. 325-336
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