Scott, Jade; Weatherhead, Stephen; Manthorpe, Jill - In: The Journal of Adult Protection 23 (2021) 4, pp. 238-252
Purpose Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), as part of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (DoLS, 2007), was established to provide a legal framework for decision-making in respect of adults who lack capacity to make decisions in relation to their care and residence in England and Wales. The...