Mental Capacity Law, Sexual Relationships, and Intimacy
Mental Capacity Law, Sexual Relationships, and Intimacy

Author: Beverley Clough

Publisher: Policy Press

Published: 2024-09-19

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 1529235626

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Questions as to the mental capacity of an individual to consent to sex are an increasingly important aspect of legal scholarship and professional practice for those working in care. Recent case law has added new layers of complexity, requiring that a person must be able to understand that the other person needs to consent and can withdraw that consent. While this has been welcomed for asserting the importance of the interpersonal dynamics of sex, it has significant implications for practice and for the day-to-day lives of people with cognitive impairments. This collection brings together academics, practitioners and organizations to consider the challenges posed by the current legal framework, and future directions for law, policy and practice.

Assessment of Mental Capacity
Assessment of Mental Capacity

Author: The British Medical Association

Publisher: The Law Society

Published: 2010-07-31

Total Pages: 487

ISBN-13: 190769823X

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The Law Society and British Medical Association have produced a new edition of their practical guidelines on the assessment of mental capacity for all professionals working with people who lack, or who may lack, capacity to make decisions.

Sex, Intimacy and Living with Life-Shortening Conditions
Sex, Intimacy and Living with Life-Shortening Conditions

Author: Sarah Earle

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2023-12-19

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 1003829988

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This multi-disciplinary and inclusive collection brings together theoretically informed and empirically focused research on sex, intimacy and reproduction in relation to young people and adults with life-shortening conditions. Advances in healthcare mean that increasing numbers of young people with life-shortening conditions are transitioning into adulthood. Issues such as sex and intimacy, dating and relationships, fertility and having children are increasingly relevant to them and to the people that support them, including families, carers, practitioners and professional education, health and social care agencies. This three-part book explores the relevance and significance of this field, examines everyday experiences, and highlights the challenges faced by individuals and organisations in addressing the needs of such people in daily life and in the context of practice. Drawing on perspectives from sociology, disability studies, epidemiology, health policy, psychotherapy, legal studies, queer studies and nursing, this ground-breaking volume is written by academics, policy makers, practitioners and experts by experience. It is an essential read for all those practising and researching in the fields of sexuality, chronic illness and disability and transition.

Research Handbook on Law, Society and Ageing
Research Handbook on Law, Society and Ageing

Author: Sue Westwood

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2024-08-06

Total Pages: 615

ISBN-13: 1803925299

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In an era where the population is rapidly ageing, this timely Research Handbook addresses the wide-ranging social and legal issues concerning older people.

Consent to Sexual Relations
Consent to Sexual Relations

Author: Alan Wertheimer

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2003-09-18

Total Pages: 314

ISBN-13: 9780521536110

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An important discussion of philosophical issues surrounding consent to sexual relations.

Consent
Consent

Author: Alan Reed

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2016-10-14

Total Pages: 455

ISBN-13: 1317161920

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This volume presents a leading contribution to the substantive arena relating to consent in the criminal law. In broad terms, the ambit of legally valid consent in extant law is contestable and opaque, and reveals significant problems in adoption of consistent approaches to doctrinal and theoretical underpinnings of consent. This book seeks to provide a logical template to focus the debate. The overall concept addresses three specific elements within this arena, embracing an overarching synergy between them. This edifice engages in an examination of UK provisions, with specialist contributions on Irish and Scottish law, and in contrasting these provisions against alternative domestic jurisdictions as well as comparative contributions addressing a particularised research grid for consent. The comparative chapters provide a wider background of how other legal systems' treat a variety of specialised issues relating to consent in the context of the criminal law. The debate in relation to consent principles continues for academics, practitioners and within the criminal justice system. Having expert descriptions of the wider issues surrounding the particular discussion and of other legal systems' approaches serves to stimulate and inform that debate. This collection will be a major source of reference for future discussion.

Sexuality & Ageing
Sexuality & Ageing

Author: Walter Pierre Bouman

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-10-02

Total Pages: 233

ISBN-13: 1317393295

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Across the globe, both in developed and developing countries, the population is rapidly ageing. In the fields of sexual and relationship therapy and sexual health, ageing has not been an issue of priority. Too often, ageing is thought of as a process that relates to problems, deficits, and taboos, and less to pleasure, change, growth and diversity. It is treated as a separate life stage and not a process throughout the lifecycle. Sexuality and sexual health are important parts of the lives of older people, as they have a significant impact on quality of life, psychological well-being and physical health, as well as social and family life. This book brings together contributions from those currently writing on and researching ageing as it relates, in a therapeutic context, to gender identity, to sex and sexuality, and to intimate relationships. This book was originally published as a special issue of Sexual and Relationship Therapy.

Principles and Practice of Geriatric Psychiatry
Principles and Practice of Geriatric Psychiatry

Author: Mohammed T. Abou-Saleh

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2011-07-28

Total Pages: 942

ISBN-13: 1119956668

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The renowned Principles and Practice of Geriatric Psychiatry, now in its third edition, addresses the social and biological concepts of geriatric mental health from an international perspective. Featuring contributions by distinguished authors from around the world, the book offers a distinctive angle on issues in this continually developing discipline. Principles and Practice of Geriatric Psychiatry provides a comprehensive review of: geriatric psychiatry spanning both psychiatric and non-psychiatric disorders scientific advances in service development specific clinical dilemmas New chapters on: genetics of aging somatoform disorders epidemiology of substance abuse somatoform disorders care of the dying patient Continuing the practice of earlier editions, the major sections of the book address aging, diagnosis and assessment and clinical conditions, incorporating an engaging discussion on substance abuse and schizophrenic disorders. Shorter sections include the presentation of mental illness in elderly people from different cultures—one of the most popular sections in previous editions. Learning and behavioural studies, as well as models of geriatric psychiatry practice, are covered extensively. This book provides a detailed overview of the entire range of mental illness in old age, presented within an accessible format. Principles and Practice of Geriatric Psychiatry is an essential read for psychiatrists, geriatricians, neurologists and psychologists. It is of particular use for instructors of general psychiatry programs and their residents.