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Between Moral Failure and Psychopathology? Autonomy & Responsibility in Social Welfare

thegap 18-19 May 2012. A two day workshop to be held at Wivenhoe Sailing Club, Essex. Social welfare policies are driven by two apparently conflicting objectives: to satisfy unmet welfare need and to promote personal responsibility.  Reconciling both is a key ...
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Deprivation of Liberty and DoLS Roundtable

AHRC logo The Essex Autonomy Project hosted an AHRC Public Policy Roundtable at the Medical Research Council on 16th January 2012. A digest of the meeting is available for download.
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Best interests decision-making under the Mental Capacity Act

GPR Logo The aim of this document is to facilitate a better understanding of the meaning of best interests through the analysis of the relevant case law and the examination of the statutory framework. Emphasis will be placed on the genesis and ...
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