Mental Illness, Human Rights and the Law

Brendan D. Kelly (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

272 Seiten

2016
RCPsych Publications (Verlag)
978-1-909726-51-2 (ISBN)

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This book explores the law relating to the right to liberty of people with mental illness and international human rights standards. It is also a manifesto for change, urging reconsideration of the protection and promotion of the human rights of people with mental illness. Covers all UK jurisdictions plus Ireland.

Brendan Kelly is Professor of Psychiatry at Trinity College Dublin, University of Dublin, Ireland.

Acknowledgements; Foreword Tom Burn; Preface; 1. Human rights and mental illness; 2. Mental Health Acts 1983 and 2007: England and Wales; 3. Fusing mental health and capacity legislation: Northern Ireland; 4. Mental Health Act 2001: Ireland; 5. The challenges of reform: Scotland; 6. Structural violence, power and mental illness; 7. Conclusions: fighting for rights; References.

Erscheinungsdatum	04.06.2016
Zusatzinfo	Worked examples or Exercises
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	163 x 240 mm
Gewicht	610 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Medizinrecht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-909726-51-6 / 1909726516
ISBN-13	978-1-909726-51-2 / 9781909726512
Zustand	Neuware