Michael Lyne & Sally Lee 
Demystifying Mental Capacity [EPUB ebook] 
A guide for health and social care professionals

Chapter 1: Reflecting on values and bias within mental capacity decision making – Lee-Ann Fenge & Sally Lee
Chapter 2: The history and current context of mental capacity legislation and policy – Michael Lyne & Sally Lee
Chapter 3: Mental capacity legislation, guidance and case law (1): The Mental Capacity Act and the concept of mental capacity – Alex Ruck Keene
Chapter 4: Mental capacity, legislation, guidance and case law (2): Best interests – Alex Ruck Keene
Chapter 5: Supported Assisted Decision-Making – Anna Volkmer & Tim Farmer
Chapter 6: Deprivation of liberty: a matter of human rights – Sally Lee & Michael Lyne
Chapter 7: THe Mental Capacity Act in clinical decisions for care and treatment – Karen Grimshaw
Chapter 8: MCA and the role of the Office of the Public Guardian – Office of the Public Guardian
Chapter 9: Conclusion and ways forward – Keith Brown, Lee-Ann Fenge, Sally Lee & Karen Grimshaw
Appendix 1: Specific tips and hints on how to put the MCA Code of Practice (2007) General Communication Guidance into practice
Appendix 2: Content of communication skills training in dementia care
Appendix 3: Guidelines for making written information accessible to different clinical populations
Appendix 4: How case law defines the meaning of deprivation of liberty – Michael Lyne
Appendix 5: The Care Quality Commission (CQC) – Teresa Kippax

Keith holds professional qualifications in nursing, social work and teaching; and academic qualifications in nursing, social work and management. He has worked in the education and training field for over 30 years, working for three universities and three local authority social work departments. Currently he is the Director of the National Centre for Post-Qualifying Social Work and Professional Practice at Bournemouth University and the Director of the Centre for Leadership Impact and Management at Bournemouth. In 2005 he was awarded the Linda Ammon Memorial Award, sponsored by the then Department for Education and Skills, a prize awarded to the individual making the greatest contribution to training and education in the UK. His main academic interest lies in the fusion of academia and professional practice to help improve professional thinking and practice.