'Early days': Knowledge and use of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 by care home managers and staff

Dementia

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 283-298

  Manthorpe, Jill ^a   Samsi, Kritika ^a   Heath, Hazel ^c   Charles, Nigel ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

care homes; decision making; dementia; mental capacity; training

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960567531     PISSN: 14713012     EISSN: 17412684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1471301211403970     Document Type: Article

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