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Atkinson Jacqueline M |
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Titolo |
Advance directives in mental health [[electronic resource] ] : theory, practice and ethics / / Jacqueline M. Atkinson |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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London, : Jessica Kingsley, 2007 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-14321-9 |
9786611143213 |
1-84642-668-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (217 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Advance directives (Medical care) |
Mental health laws |
Mental health services |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-204) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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FRONT COVER; Title Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: Why Have Advance Directives in Mental Health?; Part I The Context of Advance Directives in Mental Health; 2 Influences on the Development of Advance Directives in Mental Health; 3 Mental Health Legislation; 4 Models of Advance Directives: the History of an Idea; 5 Advance Directives and the Law; Part II Ideological Issues in Advance Directives; 6 Autonomy and Advance Directives; 7 Personhood and Advance Directives in Mental Health; 8 Rationality, Decision-making and Advance Directives; 9 Responsibility and Its Consequences |
Part III Advance Directives in Practice10 Advance Directives and the Research Process; 11 Making and Implementing Advance Directives in Mental Health; 12 The Experience of Advance Directives in Clinical Practice; 13 Attitudes to Advance Directives; 14 Other Approaches to Individual Future Planning; 15 Conclusion: The Way Forward; References; Useful websites; Glossary; Subject Index; Author Index; |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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An advance directive is a way of making a person's views known if he or she should become mentally incapable of giving consent to treatment, or making informed choices about treatment, at some future time. |
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