A Clinician's Brief Guide to the Mental Capacity Act.
(2016)
Journal Article
Pritchard-Jones. (2016). A Clinician's Brief Guide to the Mental Capacity Act. Medical Law Review, 446 - 451. https://doi.org/10.1093/medlaw/fww018
Laura Pritchard-Jones' Outputs (3)
"This Man with Dementia" - 'Othering' the Person with Dementia in the Court of Protection (2016)
Journal Article
Pritchard-Jones. (2016). "This Man with Dementia" - 'Othering' the Person with Dementia in the Court of Protection. Medical Law Review, 518-543. https://doi.org/10.1093/medlaw/fww022In recent years, dementia has been subjected to an increasing ethical, legal, and political gaze. This article analyses how the Court of Protection considers the perspective of the person with dementia when making best interests decisions on their be... Read More about "This Man with Dementia" - 'Othering' the Person with Dementia in the Court of Protection.
The good, the bad, and the 'vulnerable older adult' (2016)
Journal Article
Pritchard-Jones. (2016). The good, the bad, and the 'vulnerable older adult'. Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 51-72. https://doi.org/10.1080/09649069.2016.1145838Recent declarations by the Court of Appeal indicate that the inherent jurisdiction has survived the implementation of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 for adults considered ‘vulnerable’ and whose decision-making is threatened by reasons other than mental... Read More about The good, the bad, and the 'vulnerable older adult'.