1.

Record Nr.

UNICASRML0292480

Titolo

2.social and historical sciences, philosophy and religion edited by Alan Day, Joan M. Harvey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : The library association, 1990

ISBN

0853655391

Edizione

[Fifth ed. vol.2]

Descrizione fisica

XI, 942 p. ; 25 cm

Disciplina

011

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910972849003321

Autore

Peay Jill

Titolo

Decisions and dilemmas : working with mental health law / Jill Peay

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; Portland, Oregon, : Hart Publishing, 2003

ISBN

9786610808410

9781472559432

1472559436

9781280808418

1280808411

9781847311009

1847311008

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (238 p.)

Disciplina

344.41044

Soggetti

Mental health laws - Great Britain

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 (pages [205]-214) and index



Nota di contenuto

1. Robert Draper: A Case for Admission? -- 2. Clive Wright: A Case for Discharge? -- 3. Hazel Robinson: A Case for Compulsory Treatment? -- 4. Decision-making Research: Context and Content -- 5. Legal and Policy Context -- 6. Conclusions

Sommario/riassunto

In the field of mental health law,we entrust decisions with consequences of the utmost gravity - decisions about compulsory medical treatment and the loss of liberty - to doctors and approved social workers. Yet, how do these non-lawyers make decisions where the legitimacy of those decisions derives from law? This book examines the practical, ethical and legal terrain of duo-disciplinary decision-making: given identical cases, what dilemmas do psychiatrists and approved social workers encounter, do they reach the same or similar decisions and, most critically, how are those decisions justified? At a time of ferment in mental health law this book, through its narrative format, aids a better understanding of the dilemmas posed