Coercion in Mental Health Services-International Perspectives (Research in Community and Mental Health)
Contributors: J.P. Morrissey (Editor); J. Monahan (Editor)
Publisher: JAI Press
Published: April 1, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780762304820
Subjects: Mental health services; Psychiatry; Public health & preventive medicine; Social research & statistics; Community Mental Health; Medical; Sociology; Psychology; Sociology - General; Social Science / Sociology / General; Mental Health
First sentence: Debate over the role of coercion in mental hospital admission frequently invokes the prospective patient's moral right to decision-making autonomy and individual dignity (e.g., Blanch and Parrish 1993; Wertheimer 1993).