Mental health law : policy and practice /

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Author / Creator:Bartlett, Peter.
Edition:3rd ed.
Imprint:Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Description:xlvi, 687 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language:English
Subject:Mental health laws -- Great Britain.
Insanity (Law) -- Jurisprudence -- Great Britain.
Insanity (Law)
Mental health laws.
Great Britain.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6371936
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Other authors / contributors:Sandland, Ralph.
ISBN:9780199278275
019927827X
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [609]-646) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Conceptualising mental health law
  • 2. Problems of definition
  • 3. An overview of the contemporary mental health system
  • 4. Admission to hospital
  • 5. The process of civil confinement
  • 6. Mental disorder and criminal justice
  • 7. Treatment in hospital
  • 8. Leaving hospital
  • 9. Control, care, and community
  • 10. Mental capacity (I): broad issues and basic concepts
  • 11. The Mental Capacity Act 2005
  • 12. Legal responses and advocacy for clients