Risk assessment in people with learning disabilities /
Risk Assessment in People with Learning Disabilities, Second Edition reflects legislative updates made over the past decade while continuing to demystify the process of assessing risk for people with intellectual impairment (previously called 'learning disabilities'). Revisits techniques o...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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Chichester, West Sussex ; Malden, MA :
BPS Blackwell/Wiley,
2011.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Risk Assessment in People with Learning Disabilities, Second Edition reflects legislative updates made over the past decade while continuing to demystify the process of assessing risk for people with intellectual impairment (previously called 'learning disabilities'). Revisits techniques of risk assessment outlined in First Edition in light of the recent legislative changes, most notably the 2005 Mental Capacity ActCovers methods of assessing a person's capacity to consent in a range of situations, from the everyday, to complex medical or psychological scenariosCovers implications of new guidel. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 186 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781119975755 1119975751 1283280108 9781283280105 9786613280107 6613280100 |