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Zusatztext A characteristically thoughtful and elegant development of the legal and ethical case for treating those with suicidal thoughts, and the taking of reasonable steps to prevent them attempting suicide [the book is] a stimulating, important, and nuanced contribution to an area which can sometimes all too easily be portrayed in unhelpfully crude terms. Informationen zum Autor Jonathan Herring is Professor of Law at the University of Oxford and Fellow in Law at Exeter College, Oxford, UK. Klappentext This book argues that suicidal people have the right to receive treatment and for reasonable steps to be taken that they are protected from killing themselves. Those suffering threats to life from mental health issues deserve the same protection as those who face threats to life from ill health or violence from others. The book explores the ethical and legal case for giving those beset with suicidal thoughts the treatment they need and for reasonable steps to be taken to prevent them attempting suicide. Debates around suicide tend to be dominated by cases involving those with terminal medical conditions seeking assisted dying. But of those wishing to die, it is far more common to find middle aged men and young people oppressed by mental health and personal problems. Too often the woeful failure in the funding of mental health services in the UK means that suicidal people are denied the support and help they desperately need. This ground-breaking book makes the legal and ethical case for recognising that the state and public authorities have a duty to provide and implement an effective suicide prevention strategy. Vorwort This ground-breaking book makes the case for a right to be protected from committing suicide and for recognising that the state and public authorities have a duty to implement an effective suicide prevention strategy. Zusammenfassung This book argues that suicidal people have the right to receive treatment and for reasonable steps to be taken that they are protected from killing themselves. Those suffering threats to life from mental health issues deserve the same protection as those who face threats to life from ill health or violence from others. The book explores the ethical and legal case for giving those beset with suicidal thoughts the treatment they need and for reasonable steps to be taken to prevent them attempting suicide.Debates around suicide tend to be dominated by cases involving those with terminal medical conditions seeking assisted dying. But of those wishing to die, it is far more common to find middle aged men and young people oppressed by mental health and personal problems. Too often the woeful failure in the funding of mental health services in the UK means that suicidal people are denied the support and help they desperately need. This ground-breaking book makes the legal and ethical case for recognising that the state and public authorities have a duty to provide and implement an effective suicide prevention strategy. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction 2. The Definition of Suicide I. Introduction II. Popular and Official Definitions III. The Mental State IV. Causation V. Conclusion 3. The Causes of Suicide I. Introduction II. The Problems with Gathering Suicide Statistics III. International Statistics IV. Statistics for England and WalesV. Suicidal Feelings VI. Forms of Suicide VII. Seeking to Identify the Causes of SuicideVIII. Biological Theories IX. Sociological Theories X. Psychological Theories of Suicide XI. Mental Illness XII. Alcohol XIII. Religion XIV. Domestic Abuse XV. Social Inequalities XVI. Conclusion 4. Societal Responsibility for Suicide I. Introduction II. The Cultural Meaning of Suicide III. Social Causes of SuicideIV. Suicide and the Relational SelfV. Means VI. Poverty VII. Gender VIII. Age and Suicide IX. Clusters X. Conclusion 5....
