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

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Bartlett, Peter
Format:	Article
Published:	Oxford University Press 2003
Subjects:	mental health law compulsion dangerousness mental capacity therapeutic benefit psychiatric detention civil committal compulsory treatment
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/1666/

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