The mental capacity Act 2005 and its infuences on social work practice: Debate and synthesis

Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 151-162

  Manthorpe, Jill ^a   Rapaport, Joan ^a   Stanley, Nicky ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Advance decisions; Best interests; Mental Capacity Act; Proxy decision makers; Social workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249096580     PISSN: 09503153     EISSN: 17424909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09503150802341384     Document Type: Article

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