Casebook of Mental Capacity in US Legislation

Casebook of Mental Capacity in US Legislation

Assessment and Legal Commentary

Schaefer, Lynn A.; Farrer, Thomas J.

Taylor & Francis Ltd

06/2022

220

Mole

Inglês

9780367684877

15 a 20 dias

439

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Part I: Introduction. 1. Introduction to decision-making capacity. 2. The role of the psychologist in the assessment of capacity. 3. Guiding principles and common pitfalls of capacity assessment. Part II: Case presentations and commentaries. 4. Capacity to consent to medical treatment. 5. Capacity to make decisions regarding welfare (discharge or where to live). 6. Capacity to enter into sexual and marital relations. 7. Capacity to make financial decisions. 8. Capacity to make and revoke a will. 9. Capacity to enter into legal proceedings, litigate, and contract. 10. Competence to stand trial. 11. Integrating culture and diversity in capacity evaluations. Part III. 12. Summary of key learning points.
Elder Abuse Suspicion Index;Montreal Cognitive Assessment;Financial Capacity Instrument;CRPD.;Independent Living Scales;Decisional Capacity Assessment;Clinical Interview;Neuropsychological Evaluation;Capacity Assessment;Lack Capacity;CST Evaluation;Decisional Capacity;Traumatic Brain Injury;Forensic Mental Health Professionals;Functional Assessment;Asl Interpretation;FULD Object Memory Evaluation;WAIS Iv Full Scale IQ;Neuropsychological Assessment Battery Screening Module;RBANS Figure;TC;LEP Client;Young Man;Adaptive Behavior Composite Score;Amnestic MCI