The test of compulsion in mental health law: capacity, therapeutic benefit, and dangerousness as criteria for compulsion

This paper considers three possible justifications for psychiatric compulsion - dangerousness, capacity and therapeutic benefit.

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Main Author: Bartlett, Peter
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Published: Oxford University Press 2003
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spelling nottingham-16662020-05-04T20:31:59Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/1666/ The test of compulsion in mental health law: capacity, therapeutic benefit, and dangerousness as criteria for compulsion Bartlett, Peter This paper considers three possible justifications for psychiatric compulsion - dangerousness, capacity and therapeutic benefit. Oxford University Press 2003 Article PeerReviewed Bartlett, Peter (2003) The test of compulsion in mental health law: capacity, therapeutic benefit, and dangerousness as criteria for compulsion. Medical Law Review, 11 (3). pp. 326-352. ISSN 0967-0742 mental health law compulsion dangerousness mental capacity therapeutic benefit psychiatric detention civil committal compulsory treatment http://medlaw.oxfordjournals.org/content/11/3/326 doi:10.1093/medlaw/11.3.326 doi:10.1093/medlaw/11.3.326
spellingShingle mental health law compulsion dangerousness mental capacity therapeutic benefit psychiatric detention civil committal compulsory treatment
Bartlett, Peter
The test of compulsion in mental health law: capacity, therapeutic benefit, and dangerousness as criteria for compulsion
title The test of compulsion in mental health law: capacity, therapeutic benefit, and dangerousness as criteria for compulsion
title_full The test of compulsion in mental health law: capacity, therapeutic benefit, and dangerousness as criteria for compulsion
title_fullStr The test of compulsion in mental health law: capacity, therapeutic benefit, and dangerousness as criteria for compulsion
title_full_unstemmed The test of compulsion in mental health law: capacity, therapeutic benefit, and dangerousness as criteria for compulsion
title_short The test of compulsion in mental health law: capacity, therapeutic benefit, and dangerousness as criteria for compulsion
title_sort test of compulsion in mental health law: capacity, therapeutic benefit, and dangerousness as criteria for compulsion
topic mental health law compulsion dangerousness mental capacity therapeutic benefit psychiatric detention civil committal compulsory treatment
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