Rethinking Rights-Based Mental Health Laws.
Mental health laws exist in many countries to regulate the involuntary detention and treatment of individuals with serious mental illnesses. 'Rights-based legalism' is a term used to describe mental health laws that refer to the rights of individuals with mental illnesses somewhere in thei...
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Oxford :
Hart Pub.,
2010.
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| Online-Zugang: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=365109 |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Prelims; Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; List of Contributors; Table of Cases; Table of Legislation; Table of International Instruments; Part 1 Introduction; 1 Rethinking Rights-Based Mental Health Laws; Part 2 Historical Foundations; 2 Institutionalising the Community: The Codification of Clinical Authority and the Limits of Rights-Based Approaches; 3 Lost in Translation: Human Rights and Mental Health Law; 4 The Fusion Proposal: A Next Step?; Part 3 The International Human Rights Framework and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.