Good Practice in Supported Decision Making for People with Disability: Desktop review of the evidence for best practice principles for supported decision-making

Abstract

The Australian Government Department of Social Services (DSS) contracted a research team from the Social Policy Research Centre (SPRC) at UNSW Australia to identify and develop evidence-based good practice guidelines for supported decision-making, compliant with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), which have practical application and work across systems such as justice, mental health, health and child protection. This is a desktop review of the relevant literature to inform the study. This report presents the findings of the desktop review.