Summary
Contents
Subject index
This accessible, practical text provides mental health practitioners with the core knowledge and skills they need to be able to care effectively for the physical health of those who have been diagnosed with mental illness.
Legal and Ethical Matters
Legal and Ethical Matters
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this chapter you should be able to:
- Work ethically and legally in the best interests of adult patients
- Understand the principal legal and ethical issues of health inequalities and discrimination, consent and capacity, and advanced care planning
- Discuss the matter of self-neglect and capacity
Introduction
In this chapter I discuss three main legal and ethical issues: health inequalities and discrimination, consent and capacity, and advance care planning. The chapter concludes with ideas about the attributes that a mental health practitioner requires if they are to work ethically and legally in relation to the physical care of the mentally ill. Where the law is examined in detail, I refer to that providing for England and Wales. However, ...
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