Legal capacity and choice

from Windows on dementia · host Alzheimers NZ

Presenter: Lyneta RussellGuests: Alison Douglass, Greg Young and John McMillanThe book, Assessment of Mental Capacity: A guide for Doctors and lawyers, can be found here: https://vup.victoria.ac.nz/assessment-of-mental-capacity-a-new-zealand-guide-for-doctors-and-lawyers/

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Legal capacity and choice is the ability to make decisions about ourselves and our lives. What is legal capacity and why is it so important? How does someone get assessed for legal capacity? And is legal capacity “all or nothing”? We talk to Alison Douglass, Greg Young and John McMillan, who have published a book titled, Assessment of Mental Capacity: A guide for Doctors and lawyers.

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