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Mental health law : a practical guide / Basant K. Puri ... [et al.].

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Hodder Arnold, 2005.Description: viii, 254 p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780340885031 (pbk.) :
  • 0340885033 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 344.42044 PUR
LOC classification:
  • KD3412
Incomplete contents:
History of mental health legislation -- Definitions used in mental health legislation -- Compulsory admission to hospital --Guardianship and supervised aftercare -- Patients concerned in criminal proceedings or under sentence --onsent to treatment -- Mental health, medication and the law -- Professional liability and negligence --Mental health review tribunals --The Mental Health Act Commission --The Code of Practice, including its legal standing --Removal and return of patients to and from England and Wales --Management of property and affairs of patients --Approved social workers -- Assessment of risk of violence --Suicidal patients --Children\'s mental health law -- Old age --People with learning disabilities --Race, culture and mental health --Mental capacity and international comparison of mental health legislation --The Human Rights Act 1998.
Summary: Introducing legislation relevant to those studying or working in the field of mental health, this title explains concepts that are often faced during practice.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection 344.42044 PUR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 126144
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection 344.42044 PUR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 126145

Formerly CIP. Uk

Includes bibliographical references and index.

History of mental health legislation -- Definitions used in mental health legislation -- Compulsory admission to hospital --Guardianship and supervised aftercare -- Patients concerned in criminal proceedings or under sentence --onsent to treatment -- Mental health, medication and the law -- Professional liability and negligence --Mental health review tribunals --The Mental Health Act Commission --The Code of Practice, including its legal standing --Removal and return of patients to and from England and Wales --Management of property and affairs of patients --Approved social workers -- Assessment of risk of violence --Suicidal patients --Children\'s mental health law -- Old age --People with learning disabilities --Race, culture and mental health --Mental capacity and international comparison of mental health legislation --The Human Rights Act 1998.

Introducing legislation relevant to those studying or working in the field of mental health, this title explains concepts that are often faced during practice.

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