‘Appropriate’ medical treatment: what’s in a word?
Following the amendments in the 2007 Act, there were several revisions made focusing largely on community treatment orders and deprivation of liberty of persons lacking capacity. One of the amendments included a requirement that ‘appropriate treatment’ be ‘available’ for compulsion to be imposed in...
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| description | Following the amendments in the 2007 Act, there were several revisions made focusing largely on community treatment orders and deprivation of liberty of persons lacking capacity. One of the amendments included a requirement that ‘appropriate treatment’ be ‘available’ for compulsion to be imposed in a variety of contexts, most notably admission for treatment under section 3. The definition of appropriate medical treatment within the Act appears largely circular, and therefore of little assistance. The Code of Practice provides some guidance but does little to add to the statutory language. In terms of jurisprudence, there are three reported cases concerning the provision. These cases are analysed and their significance is discussed in an attempt to formulate a clearer definition for appropriate medical treatment. |
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| spelling | nottingham-16622020-05-04T16:32:10Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/1662/ ‘Appropriate’ medical treatment: what’s in a word? Phull, Jaspreet Bartlett, Peter Following the amendments in the 2007 Act, there were several revisions made focusing largely on community treatment orders and deprivation of liberty of persons lacking capacity. One of the amendments included a requirement that ‘appropriate treatment’ be ‘available’ for compulsion to be imposed in a variety of contexts, most notably admission for treatment under section 3. The definition of appropriate medical treatment within the Act appears largely circular, and therefore of little assistance. The Code of Practice provides some guidance but does little to add to the statutory language. In terms of jurisprudence, there are three reported cases concerning the provision. These cases are analysed and their significance is discussed in an attempt to formulate a clearer definition for appropriate medical treatment. RSM Press 2012-01-19 Article PeerReviewed Phull, Jaspreet and Bartlett, Peter (2012) ‘Appropriate’ medical treatment: what’s in a word? Medicine, Science and the Law . ISSN 0025-8024 appropriate medical treatment Mental Health Act 1983 http://msl.rsmjournals.com/content/early/2012/01/18/msl.2011.011023 10.1258/msl.2011.011023 10.1258/msl.2011.011023 10.1258/msl.2011.011023 |
| spellingShingle | appropriate medical treatment Mental Health Act 1983 Phull, Jaspreet Bartlett, Peter ‘Appropriate’ medical treatment: what’s in a word? |
| title | ‘Appropriate’ medical treatment: what’s in a word? |
| title_full | ‘Appropriate’ medical treatment: what’s in a word? |
| title_fullStr | ‘Appropriate’ medical treatment: what’s in a word? |
| title_full_unstemmed | ‘Appropriate’ medical treatment: what’s in a word? |
| title_short | ‘Appropriate’ medical treatment: what’s in a word? |
| title_sort | ‘appropriate’ medical treatment: what’s in a word? |
| topic | appropriate medical treatment Mental Health Act 1983 |
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