Mental Health, Incapacity and the Law in Scotland

Hilary Patrick (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

1104 Seiten

2006
Tottel Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-84592-062-3 (ISBN)

Infos

A guide to mental health law. It includes the practical and legislative changes including those brought about by the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 and Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000.

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A comprehensive treatment of current mental health law, the second edition of this highly regarded text has been fully revised and updated throughout. It includes all practical and legislative changes in recent years including those brought about by the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 and Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000.

Inhalt

Mental health:The law in Scotland; Changes since 1990; Setting the scene; Medical treatment and care; The use of compulsion; Adults with incapacity; Community care; Protecting vulnerable people; The Impact of mental disorder; Meeting special needs; Criminal justice and mental disorder; The regulation of care; When things go wrong; Appendices

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 31.10.2006
• Verlagsort: Haywards Heath
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 156 x 234 mm
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Arbeits- / Sozialrecht ► Sozialrecht
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• ISBN-10: 1-84592-062-7 / 1845920627
• ISBN-13: 978-1-84592-062-3 / 9781845920623
• Zustand: Neuware