Shaw, Ian, 1957-

Understanding treatment without consent an analysis of the work of the Mental Health Act Commission / [electronic resource] : by Ian Shaw, Hugh Middleton, and Jeffrey Cohen. - Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2007. - vii, 130 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A short history of mental health / Ian Shaw -- Tracing the development of the Mental Health Act Commission and its predecessors / Jeffrey Cohen -- Exploring visiting activities of the Commission / Ian Shaw, Hugh Middleton, and Martin Chamberlain -- The reform of the Mental Health Act / Jeffrey Cohen -- Socially determined perceptions of risk are reflected in the decision to request a second opinion appointed doctor's visit / Hugh Middleton and Ian Shaw -- To treat or not to treat? Should the treatability criterion for those with psychopathic disorder be abandoned? / Conor Duggan -- Law, regulation, and the Mental Health Act Commission / Simon Boys and Michael J. Gunn -- Reforming the Mental Health Act : a successor to the Mental Health Act Commission / Jeffrey Cohen.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
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Great Britain. Mental Health Act Commission.


Involuntary treatment--Law and legislation--England.
Mental health laws--England.


Electronic books.

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