Deacon, Maureen2013-06-122013-06-122013-01-15In E. Collins, M. Drake, & M .Deacon (Eds.), The physical care of people with mental health problems: A guide for best practice (pp. 188-199). London: SAGE, 20139780857029201http://hdl.handle.net/10034/293892This book chapter is not available through ChesterRep.This book chapter aims to discuss how practitioners can work ethically and legally in the best interests of adult patients; explain the principal legal and ethical issues of health inequalities and discrimination, consent and capacity, and advanced care planning; and discuss the matter of self-neglect and capacity.enmental healthlawethicsLegal and ethical mattersBook chapter