Almost a Revolution : Mental Health Law and the Limits of Change
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0195068807
ISBN-13
9780195068801
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint
Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 1st, 1994
Print length
248 Pages
Weight
499 grams
Dimensions
24.40 x 16.30 x 2.10 cms
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Disability: social aspectsPublic health & safety lawTorts / Delicts
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This is an overview of the major mental health law reforms of the last generation and their consequences. Appelbaum analyses legal reforms related to involuntary hospitalisation, liability of professionals for violent acts committed by their patients, the right to refuse treatment and the insanity defence.
The major mental health reforms of the last generation in the U.S.A. have given rise to much discussion and often heated debate; but have they actually produced any real changes? This book is the first overview of this controversial subject - and the author''s appraisal of the consequences of these reforms is surprising. Changes which were originally aimed at making it more difficult to hospitalize and treat people with mental illness, and easier to punish them, have actually resulted in far less change than was predicted or intended. This stimulating book argues that, when the law contradicted commonsense ideas of how to deal with the mentally ill, it was bent or ignored, whether by judges, medical professionals, or family members.
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