Assessing Capacity to Make Decisions about Long-term Care Needs
Ethical Perspectives and Practical Challenges in Hospital Social Work
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12901970 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Martin Sexton (Yahoo (United Kingdom), corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 411-417 |
| Publication date | 2012-11-26 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethics and Social Welfare (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1749-6535 • E-ISSN: 1749-6543 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17496535.2012.735817 |
| OpenAlex | W2053110575 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 13 |
In this paper I will examine how the Mental Capacity Act 2005 regulates the assessment of decision-making capacity in England and Wales. I will argue that there are difficulties in reconciling the Act with how people make decisions in practice. I will explore how ideas from the ethics of care and from phenomenology can be used to take better account of how capacity flows from a person's relationships as well as their individual abilities. I will conclude by discussing some of the ethical issues that have arisen in my assessments of decision-making capacity and how I have tried to respond
Engineering ethics · Epistemology · Mental capacity · Phenomenology (philosophy · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Work (physics · Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints · Healthcare innovation and challenges · Homelessness and Social Issues · Law · Psychology · Social Work
Ethics in professional life
The Ethics of Care and Empathy
Some limits of informed consent
Relational Autonomy, Normative Authority and Perfectionism
Dependence and Autonomy in Old Age
Why Things Matter to People
Show Me the Way to go Home
Care Ethics
Fine Lines and Hard Choices
Care Ethics
Decision-Making, Personhood and Dementia
The Impact of the 2005 Mental Capacity Act on Social Workers' Decision Making and Approaches to the Assessment of Risk
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,36 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2024 (10) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |