Mental Illness, Human Rights and the Law
Mental Illness, Human Rights and the Law
Author:
Brendan D. Kelly
Tom Burn
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Published:
June 2016
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Format:
Hardback
ISBN:
9781909726512
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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.
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June 2016Hardback
9781909726512
272 pages
240 × 163 × 19 mm
0.61kg
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Table of Contents
- 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.
