Mental Health Law in Nursing

Informationen zum Autor Richard Murphy is the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act lead for Solent NHS Trust. One of his key roles is to support inpatient and community nursing staff to carry out their practice within the statutory frameworks of the Mental Health Act 1983 and Mental Capacity Act 2005. He qualified as a social worker in 2001 and continues to practice as an Approved Mental Health Professional and a Best Interest Advisor. He qualified with a masters in mental health law in 2012. Philip Wales is a senior manager for the Care Quality Commission and a mental health nurse.  Between 2004 and 2009 he was  as a regional director in the Mental Health Act Commission.  Before specialising in Mental Health Act regulation Philip held senior management positions within the NHS in the mental health and acute hospital sectors.  Klappentext An essential guide for mental health nursing students to mental health law required for practice, focussing on the Mental Health Act and Code of Practice. Zusammenfassung An essential guide for mental health nursing students to mental health law required for practice! focussing on the Mental Health Act and Code of Practice. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Mental Health Nursing and Mental Health Law Patients¿ Rights Professional Roles and Responsibilities Admission and Detention in Hospital Medical Treatment for Mental Disorder Leave from Hospital Supervised Community Treatment Courts and Police Powers Best Practice and the Mental Health Act: Leadership and Care Tribunals and Manager¿s Hearings

Product details

• Authors: Richard Murphy, Richard Wales Murphy, Philip Wales, Philip Murphy Wales, Wales Philip
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.11.2013
• EAN: 9780857257611
• ISBN: 978-0-85725-761-1
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Transforming Nursing Practice Series; Transforming Nursing Practice Series; Transforming Nursing Practice
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Mercantile and commercial law; England, Wales, LAW / Mental Health, MEDICAL / Nursing / Psychiatric & Mental Health, Psychiatric Nursing, Mental Health Law, Psychiatric nursing / Mental health nursing, Wales / Cymru