| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 170 pages) |
| Contents |
Raising American standards in the treatment of persons with mental illness : Wyatt vs. Stickney (1972) / Susan Hatters Friedman -- The limits of hospitalization after commitment : O'Connor vs. Donaldson (1975) / Deborah Giorgi-Guarnieri -- Who speaks for the children? : Parham vs. J. L & J. R. (1979) / Peter Ash -- The right to refuse treatment : Rogers vs. Commissioner of Department of Mental Health (1983) / Alec Buchanan -- The least restrictive alternative : Olmstead vs. L. C. & E. W. (1999) / Megan Testa -- Informed consent : Canterbury vs. Spence (1972) / Debra A. Pinals -- End of life decision making : Cruzan vs. Director, Missouri Department of Health (1990) / Richard Martinez -- Prohibiting psychiatrist-patient sex : Roy vs. Hartogs (1976) / Jacob M. Appel -- Psychotherapist-patient privilege : Jaffee vs. Redmond (1996) / Jacob M. Appel -- Protecting others from dangerous patients : Tarasoff vs. Regents of the University of California (1976) / Phillip J. Resnick -- The insanity defense : US vs. Hinckley (1982) / Alan W. Newman |
| Summary |
Why do present-day mental health professionals practice the way that they do? Over the past fifty years, a number of landmark court holdings have changed such basic principles as what material is confidential, how civil commitment and involuntary treatment are conducted, and when a therapist has a duty to protect the public from a dangerous patient. Unlike most legal texts, this volume explores these complex principles through the human stories of the litigants involved |
| Notes |
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 21 Feb 2019) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Forensic psychiatry -- United States
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Insanity (Law) -- United States
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Insanity (Law) -- Legal status, laws, etc
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Insanity (Law) -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Cases
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Mental health laws -- United States
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Mental health laws -- Cases
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Psychotherapy -- legislation & jurisprudence
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Psychiatry -- legislation & jurisprudence
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Mentally Ill Persons -- legislation & jurisprudence
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Mental Health Services -- legislation & jurisprudence
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Forensic Psychiatry -- legislation & jurisprudence
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Insanity (Law)
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Forensic psychiatry
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Mental health laws
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| SUBJECT |
United States |
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Ash, Peter, 1947- editor.
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| ISBN |
9781108377171 |
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1108377173 |
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