Understanding treatment without consent an analysis of the work of the Mental Health Act Commission /

Main Author: Shaw, Ian, 1957-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Other Authors: Middleton, Hugh,
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2007.
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Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10209173
Table of Contents:
  • A short history of mental health / Ian Shaw
  • Tracing the development of the Mental Health Act Commission and its predecessors / Jeffrey Cohen
  • Exploring visiting activities of the Commission / Ian Shaw, Hugh Middleton, and Martin Chamberlain
  • The reform of the Mental Health Act / Jeffrey Cohen
  • Socially determined perceptions of risk are reflected in the decision to request a second opinion appointed doctor's visit / Hugh Middleton and Ian Shaw
  • To treat or not to treat? Should the treatability criterion for those with psychopathic disorder be abandoned? / Conor Duggan
  • Law, regulation, and the Mental Health Act Commission / Simon Boys and Michael J. Gunn
  • Reforming the Mental Health Act : a successor to the Mental Health Act Commission / Jeffrey Cohen.