Tizard Learning Disability Review: Volume 18 Issue 2
Practice, management, research and innovation
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Using the Mental Capacity Act in complex cases
Hilary Brown, Liz MarchantThe purpose of this paper is to explore the way that practitioners apply the 2005 Mental Capacity Act (MCA) in complex cases involving people with learning disabilities who cannot…
Commentary on “Using the Mental Capacity Act in complex cases”
Michael DunnThe purpose of this paper is to comment on Brown and Marchant's analysis of the complexity that can arise when applying the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA) to the care and support…
From “what do you do?” to “a leap of faith”: developing more effective indirect intervention for adults with learning disabilities
Alix Lewer, Celia HardingThe purpose of this paper is to analyse some of the factors which affect the implementation and outcomes of indirect intervention for people with learning disabilities in…
Commentary on “From ‘what do you do?’ to ‘a leap of faith’: developing more effective indirect intervention for adults with learning disabilities”
Sharron ReynoldsThe purpose of this paper is to provide a commentary on Alix Lewer's and Celia Harding's research on the factors influencing the success of speech and language therapy…
Sexual health, neurodiversity and capacity to consent to sex
Robin Mackenzie, John WattsThe purpose of this paper is to clarify: the law on capacity to consent to sex; ethical and legal factors in assessing decision‐making capacity of those on the autism (ASD) and…
Screening for thyroid insufficiency in adults with Down syndrome
Gyles Glover, Umesh Chauhan, Eric EmersonThe purpose of this paper is to introduce and present the first findings of a new English performance indicator in the primary healthcare of adults with Down syndrome. This is a…
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