Future Care Planning with Families: Mental Capacity, Deputyship, and Its Implications

Ruby Lee

The Singapore Family Physician

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Future Care Planning with Families: Mental Capacity, Deputyship, and Its Implications

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Author(s):

Ruby Lee

Published in:

The Singapore Family Physician Vol 48 No 6 - Persons With Intellectual Disability

Page(s):

41 - 44

Publication date:

1 July 2022

ISSN:

0377-5305

Abstract

This article is intended to give an overview of the current state of the MCA and provide some thoughts on how deputyship works under the MCA framework. The article discusses the different categories of proxy decision makers and some of the limitations of proxy decision-making. It also seeks to stimulate some thoughts about the refinement of the current state of care for persons with no or reduced mental capacity.