Michael Mandelstam

Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults and the Law

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The protection of vulnerable adults is an emerging area of work for local authorities and other agencies, both statutory and independent. Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults and the Law is the first book to set the safeguarding of vulnerable adults in a legal framework. The breadth of law relevant to this area is wide, covering everything from social services, NHS functions and regulation of health and social care providers, to mental capacity, human rights and environmental health. The book focuses on vulnerable adults harmed by abuse, neglect or omission. This includes people with learning disabilities being insufficiently protected by local authorities and NHS patients suffering gross lapses in standards of care, infection control, nutrition and basic dignity in acute hospitals.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: November 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 173mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 567g
• ISBN-13: 9781843106920
• ISBN-10: 1843106922
• Artikelnr.: 24701298

Autorenporträt

Michael Mandelstam provides independent legal training to local authorities, the NHS and voluntary organisations. In the past, he worked at the Disabled Living Foundation, a national voluntary organisation, and for a few years at the Social Services Inspectorate at the Department of Health. He holds postgraduate qualifications in law, information studies and the history of science and medicine.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction. Chapter 2. Background: policy,
definition and prevalence. Chapter 3. Local authority social services.
Chapter 4. National Health Service legislation. Chapter 5. Regulation of
care provision for vulnerable adults. Chapter 6. Mental capacity. Chapter
7. National Assistance Act, environmental health, Mental Health Act and
other interventions. Chapter 8. Physical and sexual harm and abuse. Chapter
9. Financial abuse Chapter 10. Disclosure of personal information and
confidentiality. Chapter 11. Adult protection: procedural aspects.
References. Index.