INTERNATIONAL GUIDES TO ASSESSMENT

England and Wales

• 39 Essex Street: “Mental Capacity Act: A brief guide to carrying out capacity assessments” (2014) http://www.39essex.com/mental-capacity-law-guidance-note-brief-guide-carrying-capacity-assessments/
  
  
• Mental Capacity Act 2005 Code of Practice (TSO, London, 2007) - Chapter 4 “How does the Act define a person’s capacity to make a decision and how should capacity be assessed” https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/497253/Mental-capacity-act-code-of-practice.pdf

Australia

• Capacity Australia: “Capacity Mini-legal Kits” for use by health care professionals in assessing decision-making capacity: http://capacityaustralia.org.au/resources/mini-legal-kits/
  
  
• NSW  Capacity Toolkit: http://www.justice.nsw.gov.au/diversityservices/Documents/capacity_toolkit0609.pdf