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Zusatztext This is a timely publication in light of the continuing uncertainty surrounding the future direction of mental health reform.…there are positive and important lessons to be learnt from Decisions and Dilemmas ...it makes an important contribution to the ongoing debate about the shape of a new Mental Health Act by providing stimulating and valuable insights into non-legal practitioners' attitudes to, and application of, the mental health legislation....the book will primarily be of interest to those who work with and research mental health law and policy, it..also [has] broader appeal for those who are interested generally in the process of multi-disciplinary decision-making in a quasi-legal field, the impact of research on practice and the effectiveness of the law as a means of achieving change and influencing practice. Informationen zum Autor Jill Peay is Professor of Law at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Klappentext In the field of mental health law, we entrust decisions with consequences of the utmost gravity. Yet, how do non-lawyers make decisions where the legitimacy of those decisions derives from law? This book attempts to answer this question. Zusammenfassung In the field of mental health law,we entrust decisions with consequences of the utmost gravity – decisions about compulsory medical treatment and the loss of liberty – to doctors and approved social workers. Yet, how do these non-lawyers make decisions where the legitimacy of those decisions derives from law? This book examines the practical, ethical and legal terrain of duo-disciplinary decision-making: given identical cases, what dilemmas do psychiatrists and approved social workers encounter, do they reach the same or similar decisions and, most critically, how are those decisions justified? At a time of ferment in mental health law this book, through its narrative format, aids a better understanding of the dilemmas posed. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Robert Draper: A Case for Admission?2. Clive Wright: A Case for Discharge?3. Hazel Robinson: A Case for Compulsory Treatment?4. Decision-making Research: Context and Content5. Legal and Policy Context6. Conclusions...
