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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784601903321

Autore

Atkinson Jacqueline M

Titolo

Advance directives in mental health [[electronic resource] ] : theory, practice and ethics / / Jacqueline M. Atkinson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Jessica Kingsley, 2007

ISBN

1-281-14321-9

9786611143213

1-84642-668-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 p.)

Disciplina

362.2

Soggetti

Advance directives (Medical care)

Mental health laws

Mental health services

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-204) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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;

Sommario/riassunto

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. Advance Directives in Mental Health is a comprehensive and accessible



guide for mental health professionals advising service users on their choices about treatment in the event of future episodes of mental illness, covering all ideological, legal and medical aspects of advance directives. Jacqueline Atkinson explains their origins and significance in the context of mental health legislation