Mental Health and Scots Law in Practice

Professor J J McManus, Dr Lindsay Thomson (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

400 Seiten

2005
W.Green (Verlag)
978-0-414-01475-6 (ISBN)

Infos

Presents an account of the legal issues relevant to Scottish psychiatric practice, explaining how the Scottish legal system deals with mental health issues, and outlines psychiatric care systems. Meant for those involved with mental health and the law in Scotland, this title provides analysis of the Mental Health legislation.

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This is a straightforward account of the legal issues relevant to Scottish psychiatric practice, explaining how the Scottish legal system deals with mental health issues, and outlines psychiatric care systems.
Until the publication of this book it has been very difficult for those involved with mental health and the law in Scotland to find relevant information on the subject. This title provides invaluable analysis of the new Mental Health legislation.

Inhalt

* Introduction
* Legal services and systems
* Psychiatric services and systems
* Civil law and psychiatric health
* Criminal law and psychiatric health
* Psychiatric defences
* Court reports and expert witnesses

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 17.5.2005
• Zusatzinfo: glossary
• Verlagsort: Edinburgh
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Arbeits- / Sozialrecht ► Sozialrecht
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• ISBN-10: 0-414-01475-8 / 0414014758
• ISBN-13: 978-0-414-01475-6 / 9780414014756
• Zustand: Neuware