| Description |
xxxv, 375 pages ; 19 cm |
| Series |
West nutshell series |
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Nutshell series.
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| Contents |
Mental health professionals -- Mental disorders -- Clinical psychiatric evidence -- Medical malpractice, negligence and other Tort theories -- Informed consent -- Confidentiality, privacy, and patient access to records -- The right to counsel and advocacy services -- Civil commitment -- The right to refuse and consent to psychiatric treatment in the civil commitment context -- Right to treatment -- Guardianship -- Competency to stand trial -- Mental condition and criminal defenses -- Mental condition and sentencing -- The right to refuse and consent to psychiatric treatment in the criminal commitment context -- Fitness to be executed -- Protection of the mentally disabled from employment discrimination -- Housing and zoning -- Education of mentally handicapped -- Social Security disability benefits |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Subject |
Insanity (Law) -- United States.
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Mental health laws -- United States.
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| LC no. |
97010339 |
| ISBN |
0314065466 (softcover : alk. paper) |
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