title: Making decisions for incapable adults: the Scottish law.
abstract: With the law in England and Wales relating to incapable adult due to be given a new and improved structure with the implementation of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 in Spring 2007 (see last month's article) Richard Griffith outlines how the law in Scotland meets the needs of adults with incapacity through the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000.
authors.affiliation: Health Law, School of Health Science, Swansea University. richard.griffith@swan.ac.uk
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Griffith
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