Living 'a life like ours': support workers' accounts of substitute decision-making in residential care homes for adults with intellectual disabilities.
In England and Wales, the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA) provides a new legal framework to regulate substitute decision-making relating to the welfare of adults who lack the capacity to make one or more autonomous decisions about their care and support. Any substitute decision made on behalf of an a...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2010
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