Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults and the Law

Mandelstam is a UK legal consultant who works with local authorities, the National Health Service and various volunteer organizations, and he has written this guide to set the safeguarding of vulnerable adults into a comprehensive legal framework. Aimed primarily at UK social work practitioners and volunteers, this book covers such legal topics as the regulation of health and social work providers, the equitable remedy of undue influence, mental capacity, the barring of case workers and criminal law standards for neglect, fraud and ill-treatment. The author focuses on abuse from professional health care workers as well as those in positions of trust such as neighbors, family members and friends. Annotation c2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Michael Mandelstam has worked independently since 1995 providing legal training, advice and consultancy to local authorities, the NHS and voluntary organisations. Previously he worked for ten years at the Disabled Living Foundation, a national voluntary organisation, before moving to the Social Services Inspectorate at the Department of Health. He holds postgraduate qualifications in law, information studies and history of science and medicine. He has written several books, including Community Care Practice and the Law, now in its fourth edition and Manual Handling in Health and Social Care: an A to Z of Law and Practice, also by Jessica Kingsley Publishers.