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Decision

of

Decision-maker

from

Mental Capacity Act Code of Practice

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Under the [Mental Capacity] Act, many different people may be required to make decisions or act on behalf of someone who lacks capacity to make decisions for themselves. The person making the decision is referred to throughout the Code [of Practice], as the ‘decision-maker’, and it is the decision-maker’s responsibility to work out what would be in the best interests of the person who lacks capacity.

of

Decision

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Minimum Operational Data Set

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Term used in MODS/Conceptual Data Model - definition to be supplied

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