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Almost a Revolution: Mental Health Law and the Limits of Change
Appelbaum, Paul S. (Arnold Frank Zeleznik Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry, and Director, Law and Psychiatry Program, Arnold Frank Zeleznik Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry, and Director, Law and Psych
Almost a Revolution: Mental Health Law and the Limits of Change
Appelbaum, Paul S. (Arnold Frank Zeleznik Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry, and Director, Law and Psychiatry Program, Arnold Frank Zeleznik Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry, and Director, Law and Psych
This is an overview of the major mental health law reforms of the last generation and their consequences. Appelbaum analyses legal reforms related to involuntary hospitalisation, liability of professionals for violent acts committed by their patients, the right to refuse treatment and the insanity defence.
244 pages, bibliography
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | September 1, 1994 |
ISBN13 | 9780195068801 |
Publishers | Oxford University Press Inc |
Pages | 248 |
Dimensions | 163 × 244 × 21 mm · 499 g |
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