viii, 254 pages : 25 cm

Included bibliographical references and index

1. History of mental health legislation -- 2. Definitions used in mental health legislation -- 3. Compulsory admission to hospital -- 4. Guardianship and supervised aftercare -- 5. Patients concerned in criminal proceedings or under sentence -- 6. Consent to treatment -- 7. Mental health, medication and the law -- 8. Professional liability and negligence -- 9. Mental health review tribunals -- 10. The Mental Health Act Commission -- 11. The Code of Practice, including its legal standing -- 12. Removal and return of patients to and from England and Wales -- 13. Management of property and affairs of patients -- 14. Approved social workers -- 15. Assessment of risk of violence -- 16. Suicidal patients -- 17. Children's mental health law / Paul J. Laking -- 18. Old age -- 19. People with learning disabilities / Angela Hassiotis -- 20. Race, culture and mental health -- 21. Mental capacity and international comparison of mental health legislation -- 22. The Human Rights Act 1998

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