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Critical Perspectives on Coercive Interventions - Law, Medicine and Society (Paperback)
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Critical Perspectives on Coercive Interventions - Law, Medicine and Society (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Frontiers of Criminal Justice
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Coercive medico-legal interventions are often employed to prevent
people deemed to be unable to make competent decisions about their
health, such as minors, people with mental illness, disability or
problematic alcohol or other drug use, from harming themselves or
others. These interventions can entail major curtailments of
individuals' liberty and bodily integrity, and may cause
significant harm and distress. The use of coercive medico-legal
interventions can also serve competing social interests that raise
profound ethical, legal and clinical questions. Examining the
ethical, social and legal issues involved in coerced care, this
book brings together the views and insights of leading researchers
from a range of disciplines, including criminology, law, ethics,
psychology and public health, as well as legal and medical
practitioners, social-service 'consumers' and government officials.
Topics addressed in this volume include: compulsory treatment and
involuntary detention orders in civil mental health and disability
law; mandatory alcohol and drug treatment programs and drug courts;
community treatment orders; the use of welfare cards with
Indigenous populations; mandated treatment of seriously ill minors;
as well as adult guardianship and substituted decision-making
regimes. These contributions attempt to shed light on why we use
coercive interventions, whether we should, whether they are
effective in achieving the benefits that are offered to justify
their use, and the impact that they have on some of society's most
vulnerable citizens in the names of 'justice' and 'treatment'. This
book is essential reading for clinicians, researchers and legal
practitioners involved in the study and application of coerced
care, as well as students and scholars in the fields of law,
medicine, ethics and criminology. The collection asks important
questions about the increasing use of coercive care that demand to
be answered, and offers critical insights, guidance and
recommendations for those working in the field.
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