Looking after Miss Alexander : : care, mental capacity, and the Court of Protection in mid-twentieth-century England /

Looking after Miss Alexander : : care, mental capacity, and the Court of Protection in mid-twentieth-century England / / Janet Weston.

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In July 1939, at the Royal Courts of Justice in London, fifty-nine-year-old Beatrice Alexander was found incapable of managing her own property and affairs. Although Alexander and those living with her insisted that she was perfectly well, the official solicitor took control of her home and money, e...

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Superior document:States, people, and the history of social change
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Weston, Janet,
Place / Publishing House:Montreal : : McGill-Queen's University Press,, 2023.
Year of Publication:2023
Language:English
Series:States, people, and the history of social change.
Physical Description:1 online resource (193 pages).
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Table of Contents:
  • Looking After Miss Alexander Care, Mental Capacity, and the Court of Protection in Mid-Twentieth-Century England
  • Cover
  • Half Title Page
  • Series Editors
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • CONTENTS
  • FIGURES
  • PREFACE
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • ABBREVIATIONS
  • LOOKING AFTER MISS ALEXANDER
  • INTRODUCTION
  • CHAPTER 1: ORIGINS
  • INTRODUCING THE LUNACY OFFICE
  • INTRODUCING MISS ALEXANDER
  • RESPONDING TO MENTAL WEAKNESS
  • CHAPTER 2: TURNING TO THE COURTS
  • LUNACY OFFICE APPLICANTS
  • UNDERSTANDING DR STEPHENSON
  • REQUESTING A RECEIVER
  • CHAPTER 3: FOUND INCAPABLE EVALUATING MISS ALEXANDER
  • CONTESTING INCAPACITY
  • THE FINAL DECISION
  • CHAPTER 4: PROVIDING CARE
  • CARE IN THE HOME
  • OFFICIAL CARE
  • MATTERS OF INTERPRETATION
  • CHAPTER 5: ENDINGS
  • THE COURT OF PROTECTION
  • THE KEY PLAYERS
  • MISS ALEXANDER'S SMALL STORY
  • NOTES
  • INDEX.

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