What do NHS staff learn from training on the Mental Capacity Act (2005)?

Legal and Criminological Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 83-101

  Willner, Paul ^a,b   Bridle, Jennifer ^a   Price, Vaughn ^b   Dymond, Simon ^b   Lewis, Glenda ^a  

^a ABERTAWE BRO MORGANNWG UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MEDICAL STAFF; MENTAL CAPACITY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TRAINING; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84872831886     PISSN: 13553259     EISSN: 20448333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8333.2011.02035.x     Document Type: Article

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