Decisions and Dilemmas - Working with Mental Health Law (Paperback, New)

In the field of mental health law, we entrust decisions with consequences of the utmost gravity - decisions about compulsory medical treatment and the loss of liberty - to doctors and approved social workers. Yet, how do these non-lawyers make decisions where the legitimacy of those decisions derives from law? This book examines the practical, ethical and legal terrain of duo-disciplinary decision-making: given identical cases, what dilemmas do psychiatrists and approved social workers encounter, do they reach the same or similar decisions and, most critically, how are those decisions justified? At a time of ferment in mental health law, this book, through its narrative format, provides a better understanding of the dilemmas posed.

General

Imprint:	Hart Publishing
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	June 2003
First published:	2003
Authors:	Jill Peay
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	238
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-1-84113-343-0
Categories:	Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Criminal law Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Social law > Public health & safety law Promotions
LSN:	1-84113-343-4
Barcode:	9781841133430

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