Mental Capacity Law in New Zealand
Reuvecamp, Iris.
creator
Dawson, John.
Atkin, Bill
Douglass, Alison
Duncan, Anthony
Elder, Hinemoa
Fisher, Mark
Gillett, Grant
Henaghan, Mark
Hyslop, Brent
Kelly, Greg
Lawrence, Kimberly
Miller, Anita
Peart, Nicola
Snelling, Jeane
Thomas, Cordelia
text
nz
2019
monographic
eng
xiv, 425 pages : 25 cm
"Mental Capacity Law in New Zealand is a comprehensive text on the legal position of people who lack capacity, in many different contexts, including their position regarding health care, residential placement, property management, and participation in legal proceedings." - BOOK JACKET
Preface. - Authors. - PART A: CORE CONCEPTS AND PROCESSES. - 1. General Principles and Sources of Mental Capacity Law. - 2. Ethical, relational and cultural elements of capacity. - 3. Te Puna a Hinengaro: he Tirohanga ki a Aheinga - The wellspring of mind: reflections on capacity from a Maori perspective. - 4. Clinical assessment of capacity. - 5. Best interests - a standard for decision making. - 6. Human rights and mental capacity law. - 7. The CRPD and mental capacit law. - 8. An overview of the Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act 1988. - PART B: AUTHORITY AND JUSTIFICATION FOR MAKING DECISIONS FOR OTHERS. - 9. Healhcare in the absence of consent. - 10. Enduring powers of attorney, welfare guardians and property managers. - 11. Legal capacity and supported decision making. - 12. Children and capacity. - 13. The role of capacity in other legislation. - PART C: DECISIONS ABOUT PERSONAL CARE AND WELFARE. - 14. Advance decision-making about personal care and welfare. - 15. Long term placement in aged residential care. - 16. Sex and marriage. - 17. Sexual health, reproductive liberty and adults with impaired capacity. - 18. Participation in health or disability research. - 19. Donation of human tissue, gametes and embryos. - 20. Capacity and information privacy. - PART D: PROPERTY-RELATED DECISIONS. - 21. Managing assets and money. - 22. Will-making and capacity. - 23. - Incapacitated company directors and trustees. - 24. Participation in litigation. - PARTE E: CONCLUSIONS. - 25. The future of mental capacity law. - Table of Statutes and Regulations. - Table of Cases. - Index.
MENTAL CAPACITY
LAW
NEW ZEALAND
9781988591100
1988591104
EBLCP
190803
20190826091118.0
on1111459032
eng