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Mental health law : policy and practice / Peter Bartlett and Ralph Sandland.

By: Bartlett, Peter [author].
Contributor(s): Sandland, Ralph [author].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : Blackstone Press, 1999Publisher: ©2000Description: xxxii, 494 pages ; 23 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 1854319418 (paperback).Subject(s): Mental health laws -- Great Britain | Insanity (Law) -- Great BritainDDC classification: 344.20444
Contents:
Conceptualising mental health law -- Problems of definition -- An overview of the contemporary mental health system -- Admission to hospital -- The process of civil confinement -- Mental disorder and criminal justice -- Treatment in hospital -- Leaving hospital -- Care, control and community -- Mental capacity (I) -- Mental capacity (II: Specific contexts) -- Legal responses and advocacy for clients.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This text examines the legal structure and functionings of the UK's mental health system. Explanations of the legal principles are placed in the context of their practical application, along with proposals and possibilities for reform. From an analysis of 1990s-legislation and case law, the authors ask fundamental questions as to whom mental health law is intended to benefit, and whether a system of mental health law can now be expected to provide remedies for the people it is intended to serve. Specific topics covered include: problems of characterisation of mental health law, admission to and discharge from psychiatric facilities, treatment both in hospital and in the community, regulation of care in the community, understanding mental capacity, and advocacy for patients.

Bibliography: (pages 449 - 475) and index.

Conceptualising mental health law -- Problems of definition -- An overview of the contemporary mental health system -- Admission to hospital -- The process of civil confinement -- Mental disorder and criminal justice -- Treatment in hospital -- Leaving hospital -- Care, control and community -- Mental capacity (I) -- Mental capacity (II: Specific contexts) -- Legal responses and advocacy for clients.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Peter Bartlett is currently Lecturer in Law at the University of Nottingham. He is also author of Mental Health Law: The Advocate's Manual and has contributed to The Canadian Health Case Law Digest. Ralph Sandland is Lecturer in Law at the University of Nottingham. His published work spans the areas of family law, critical and feminist theory, and minority rights.