Mental illness, discrimination, and the law
Subtitle: fighting for social justice
By: Felicity Callard ... [et al.].
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Chichester, West Sussex
Language: eng
Number of pages: 330
ISBN-13: 9781119953548
Subjects: Patient Rights; Prejudice; Legislation & jurisprudence; Social Justice; Mentally Ill Persons; Mental Health Services
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Principles and concepts; title: Civil and political participation; title: Legal capacity, decision-making, discriminatory statutes and practice; title: Work and the workplace; title: Education; title: Housing; title: Social security and social protection; title: Health, health care, and the right to health; title: Protection against abuse and research involving vulnerable populations; title: Promotion of mental health and prevention of mental illness; title: Implementation and enforcement; title: Summary and conclusions; title: International and regional instruments, standards, guidelines, and declarations; title: Examples of disability legislation from across the world; title: Organisations and resources.