Understanding treatment without consent
Subtitle: an analysis of the work of the Mental Health Act Commission
By: by Ian Shaw, Hugh Middleton, and Jeffrey Cohen.
Contributors: Middleton, Hugh, 1950-; Cohen, Jeffrey, 1949-
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Aldershot, Hants, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780754618867
Subjects: Great Britain. -- Mental Health Act Commission; Great Britain. -- Mental Health Act Commission; Involuntary treatment -- Law and legislation -- England; Mental health laws -- England; Mental Health Services -- legislation & jurisprudence -- Great Britain; Mental Health Services -- organization & administration -- Great Britain; Government Agencies -- organization & administration -- Great Britain; Health Care Reform -- legislation & jurisprudence -- Great Britain; Patient Rights -- legislation & jurisprudence -- Great Britain
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A short history of mental health / Ian Shaw; title: Tracing the development of the Mental Health Act Commission and its predecessors / Jeffrey Cohen; title: Exploring visiting activities of the Commission / Ian Shaw, Hugh Middleton, and Martin Chamberlain; title: The reform of the Mental Health Act / Jeffrey Cohen; title: Socially determined perceptions of risk are reflected in the decision to request a second opinion appointed doctor's visit / Hugh Middleton and Ian Shaw; title: To treat or not to treat? Should the treatability criterion for those with psychopathic disorder be abandoned? / Conor Duggan; title: Law, regulation, and the Mental Health Act Commission / Simon Boys and Michael J. Gunn; title: Reforming the Mental Health Act: a successor to the Mental Health Act Commission / Jeffrey Cohen.