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Safeguarding adults and the law /

Mandelstam, Michael,

Safeguarding adults and the law / Michael Mandelstam - Second edition - 671 pages ;

Rev. ed. of: Safeguarding vulnerable adults and the law / Michael Mandelstam. 2009

Overview of themes and chapters -- Safeguarding law and policy -- Proportionate interventions, the state, human rights (and discrimination law) -- Local social services authorities : pivotal role in safeguarding -- The national health service : law, policy and guidance on safeguarding -- The national health service : systemic poor care and neglect -- Regulation of health and social care providers -- Regulation of health and social care professionals -- Barring workers : the disclosure and barring service -- Regulating workers : criminal record certificates -- Irregular regulation : whistle-blowing -- Mental capacity -- Inherent jurisdiction of the high court -- Interventions and removal of people from their own homes (including in circumstances of self-neglect) -- Civil orders and housing matters -- Sharing and disclosure of personal and other information -- Criminal justice : prosecution, evidence, protecting victims and coroners -- Criminal justice support for vulnerable victims and witnesses -- Criminal justice assistance for vulnerable suspects -- Physical harm and abuse : criminal offences -- Sexual offences -- Financial harm and abuse : criminal offences -- Undue influence : gifts, wills (law of equity) -- Harm and civil wrongs, including negligence -- Restraint

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People with disabilities
People with disabilities
Community health services
National health services
Social service
Vulnerable Populations
Aged.
Community Health Services
Disabled Persons.
Mentally Ill Persons.
Social Work

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