title: 'Capacity' and the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000.
authors.affiliation: D Winskill, Gillespie Macandrew LLP, 5 Atholl Crescent, Edinburgh EH3 8EJ, UK. Email donald.winskill@gillespiemacandrew.co.uk.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Winskill
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016223:Advance Directives / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D007872:Legal Guardians; D016743:Mental Competency / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D012606:Scotland
keywords: assessment; capacity; guardianship; incapacity; legal authority; power of attorney