Expertise and experience: People with experiences of using services and carers' views of the mental capacity act 2005

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 884-900

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

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision making; Legislation; Service users; Social work and law

Indexed keywords

EID: 68349152595     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcm154     Document Type: Article

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