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Title Managing anorexia nervosa : clinical, legal, and social perspectives on involuntary treatment / Terry Carney ... [and others]
Published New York : Nova Science Publishers, [2006]
©2006

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 MELB  616.8526 Car/Man  AVAILABLE
Description vii, 195 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Contents Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Legislative and clinical contexts -- Ch. 3. The role of the state in regulating life and death decisions -- Ch. 4. Changing social and medical understandings of eating disorders -- Ch. 5. Treatment of eating disorders : new insights, new therapies -- Ch. 6. When is coercion indicated or used by clinicians? -- Ch. 7. "Therapeutic" advantages of the different forms of legal coercion -- Ch. 8. The interface between formal and extra-legal forms of influence and coercion -- Ch. 9. Nutritional issues : procedures and experiences in risk management -- Ch. 10. Patient and carers' perspectives on treatment and control -- Ch. 11. The patient "voice" in management of anorexia nervosa -- Ch. 12. Conclusions
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [163]-183) and index
Subject Eating disorders.
Anorexia nervosa.
Bulimia.
Involuntary treatment.
Author Carney, Terry, 1945-
LC no. 2006005506
ISBN 1600210694